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Stanza 12

The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes, 1923

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 12

1923
Less good there lies than most believeIn ale for mortal men;For the more he drinks the less does manOf his mind the mastery hold.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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