Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 83
1923By the fire drink ale, over ice go on skates;Buy a steed that is lean, and a sword when tarnished,The horse at home fatten, the hound in thy dwelling.* * *Free to read · Built for close study
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By the fire drink ale, over ice go on skates;Buy a steed that is lean, and a sword when tarnished,The horse at home fatten, the hound in thy dwelling.* * *Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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