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Stanza 147

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 147

1923
The songs I know that king’s wives know not,Nor men that are sons of men;The first is called help, and help it can bring theeIn sorrow and pain and sickness.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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