Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 42
1923To his friend a man a friend shall prove,And gifts with gifts requite;But men shall mocking with mockery answer,And fraud with falsehood meet.Free to read · Built for close study
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To his friend a man a friend shall prove,And gifts with gifts requite;But men shall mocking with mockery answer,And fraud with falsehood meet.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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