Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 147
1923The songs I know that king’s wives know not,Nor men that are sons of men;The first is called help, and help it can bring theeIn sorrow and pain and sickness.Free to read · Built for close study
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The songs I know that king’s wives know not,Nor men that are sons of men;The first is called help, and help it can bring theeIn sorrow and pain and sickness.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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