Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 48
1923The lives of the brave and noble are best,Sorrows they seldom feed;But the coward fear of all things feels,And not gladly the niggard gives.Free to read · Built for close study
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The lives of the brave and noble are best,Sorrows they seldom feed;But the coward fear of all things feels,And not gladly the niggard gives.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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