Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 30
1923In mockery no one a man shall hold,Although he fare to the feast;Wise seems one oft, if nought he is asked,And safely he sits dry-skinned.Free to read · Built for close study
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In mockery no one a man shall hold,Although he fare to the feast;Wise seems one oft, if nought he is asked,And safely he sits dry-skinned.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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