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Stanza 121
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes, 1923
Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 121
1923
I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:Be never the first to break with thy friendThe bond that holds you both;Care eats the heart if thou canst not speakTo another all thy thought.