Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 114
1923Such is her might that thou hast no mindFor the council or meeting of men;Meat thou hatest, joy thou hast not,And sadly to slumber thou farest.Hávamál · Loddfáfnismál
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 114
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 116
1866She will be the causethat thou carest notfor Thing or prince’s words;food thou wilt shunand human joys;sorrowful wilt thou go to sleep.Olive Bray · stanza 113
1908So shall she charm that thou shalt not heedthe council or words of the king,nor care for thy food, or the joys of mankind,but fall into sorrowful sleep.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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