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Stanza 22

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 22

1923
A paltry man and poor of mindAt all things ever mocks;For never he knows, what he ought to know,That he is not free from faults.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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