Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 96
1923This found I myself, when I sat in the reeds,And long my love awaited;As my life the maiden wise I loved,Yet her I never had.Hávamál · Billing’s daughter
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 96
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 96
1866That I experienced,when in the reeds I sat,awaiting my delight.Body and soul to mewas that discreet maiden:nevertheless I posses her not.Olive Bray · stanza 94
1908This once I felt when I sat withoutin the reeds, and looked for my love;body and soul of me was that sweet maidenyet never I won her as wife.Odin's Love Quests.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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