Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 74
1923He welcomes the night whose fare is enough.(Short are the yards of a ship,)Uneasy are autumn nights;Full oft does the weather change in a week,And more in a month’s time.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 74
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 74
1866At night is joyfulhe who is sure of travelling enjoyment.[A ship’s yards are short.]Variable is an autumn night.Many are the weather’s changesin five days,but more in a month.Olive Bray · stanza 73
1908Two are hosts against one, the tongue is the head’s bane,‘neath a rough hide a hand may be hid.He is glad at night fall who knows of his lodging,short is the ship’s berth,and changeful the autumn night,much veers the wind ere the fifth dayand blows round yet more in a month.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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