Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 12
1923Less good there lies than most believeIn ale for mortal men;For the more he drinks the less does manOf his mind the mastery hold.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 12
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 12
1866A worse provisionno man can take from tablethan too much beer-bibbing:for the more he drinksthe less control he hasof his own mind.Olive Bray · stanza 12
1908Less good than they say for the sons of menis the drinking often of ale:for the more they drink, the less can they thinkand keep a watch o’er their wits.Source
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes
Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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- Henry Adams Bellows
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- 1923
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