Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 78
1923Cattle die, and kinsmen die,And so one dies one’s self;One thing I know that never dies,The fame of a dead man’s deeds.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 78
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 77
1866Cattle die,kindred die,we ourselves also die;but I know one thingthat never dies, –judgment on each one dead.Olive Bray · stanza 76
1908Cattle die and kinsmen die,thyself too soon must die,but one thing will never, I ween, will die,—the doom on each one dead.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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