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Stanza 96

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 96

1923
This found I myself, when I sat in the reeds,And long my love awaited;As my life the maiden wise I loved,Yet her I never had.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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