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Stanza 52

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 52

1923
No great thing needs a man to give,Oft little will purchase praise;With half a loaf and a half-filled cupA friend full fast I made.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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