Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 45
1923If another thou hast whom thou hardly wilt trust,Yet good from him wouldst get,Thou shalt speak him fair, but falsely think,And fraud with falsehood requite.Free to read · Built for close study
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If another thou hast whom thou hardly wilt trust,Yet good from him wouldst get,Thou shalt speak him fair, but falsely think,And fraud with falsehood requite.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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