Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 4
1923Water and towels and welcoming speechShould he find who comes to the feast;If renown he would get, and again be greeted,Wisely and well must he act.Free to read · Built for close study
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Water and towels and welcoming speechShould he find who comes to the feast;If renown he would get, and again be greeted,Wisely and well must he act.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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