Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 91
1923Clear now will I speak, for I know them both,Men false to women are found;When fairest we speak, then falsest we think,Against wisdom we work with deceit.Free to read · Built for close study
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Clear now will I speak, for I know them both,Men false to women are found;When fairest we speak, then falsest we think,Against wisdom we work with deceit.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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