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Stanza 14

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 14

1923
Drunk I was, I was dead-drunk,When with Fjalar wise I was;‘Tis the best of drinking if back one bringsHis wisdom with him home.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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