Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 123
1923For never thou mayst from an evil manA good requital get;But a good man oft the greatest loveThrough words of praise will win thee.Free to read · Built for close study
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For never thou mayst from an evil manA good requital get;But a good man oft the greatest loveThrough words of praise will win thee.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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