Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 69
1923All wretched is no man, though never so sick;Some from their sons have joy,Some win it from kinsmen, and some from their wealth,And some from worthy works.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 69
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 69
1866No man lacks everything,although his health be bad:one in his sons is happy,one in abundant wealth,one in his good works.Olive Bray · stanza 69
1908Not reft of all is he who is ill,for some are blest in their bairns,some in their kin and some in their wealth,and some in working well.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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