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Stanza 93

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 93

1923
Fault for loving let no man findEver with any other;Oft the wise are fettered, where fools go free,By beauty that breeds desire.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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