Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 89
1923Hope not too surely for early harvest,Nor trust too soon in thy son;The field needs good weather, the son needs wisdom,And oft is either denied.* * *Free to read · Built for close study
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Hope not too surely for early harvest,Nor trust too soon in thy son;The field needs good weather, the son needs wisdom,And oft is either denied.* * *Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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