Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 55
1923A measure of wisdom each man shall have,But never too much let him know;For the wise man’s heart is seldom happy,If wisdom too great he has won.55-56. The first pairs of lines are abbreviated in the manuscript.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 55
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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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