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Stanza 17

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 17

1923
The fool is agape when he comes to the feast,He stammers or else is still;But soon if he gets a drink is it seenWhat the mind of the man is like.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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