Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 31
1923Wise a guest holds it to take to his heels,When mock of another he makes;But little he knows who laughs at the feast,Though he mocks in the midst of his foes.Free to read · Built for close study
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Wise a guest holds it to take to his heels,When mock of another he makes;But little he knows who laughs at the feast,Though he mocks in the midst of his foes.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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