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Stanza 57

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 57

1923
A brand from a brand is kindled and burned,And fire from fire begotten;And man by his speech is known to men,And the stupid by their stillness.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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