Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 39
1923If wealth a man has won for himself,Let him never suffer in need;Oft he saves for a foe what he plans for a friend,For much goes worse than we wish.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 39
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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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