Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 47
1923Young was I once, and wandered alone,And nought of the road I knew;Rich did I feel when a comrade I found,For man is man’s delight.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 47
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 47
1866I was once young,I was journeying alone,and lost my way;rich I thought myself,when I met another.Man is the joy of man.Olive Bray · stanza 47
1908Young was I once, I walked alone,and bewildered seemed in the way;then I found me another and rich I thought me,for man is the joy of man.Source
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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- Henry Adams Bellows
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- 1923
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