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Stanza 54

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 54

1923
A measure of wisdom each man shall have,But never too much let him know;The fairest lives do those men liveWhose wisdom wide has grown.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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