Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 22
1923A paltry man and poor of mindAt all things ever mocks;For never he knows, what he ought to know,That he is not free from faults.Free to read · Built for close study
The same passage may carry a different number in another edition.
A paltry man and poor of mindAt all things ever mocks;For never he knows, what he ought to know,That he is not free from faults.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
Only you can see these notes.
Discussion reflects individual readers and community members. It is not part of the original text or published commentary.