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LinesA son is better, though late he be born,And his father to death have fared;Memory-stones seldom stand by the roadSave when kinsman honors his kin.

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A son is better, though late he be born, And his father to death have fared; Memory-stones seldom stand by the road Save when kinsman honors his kin.

Hávamál, Henry Adams Bellows, stanza 72. Public domain in the United States.