Theme
Friendship and Trust
Friendship, trust, reciprocity, loyalty, and the work of maintaining bonds.
Passage 004Henry Adams Bellows stanza 4Water and towels and welcoming speechPassage 006Henry Adams Bellows stanza 6A man shall not boast of his keenness of mind,Passage 016Henry Adams Bellows stanza 16The sluggard believes he shall live forever,Passage 017Henry Adams Bellows stanza 17The fool is agape when he comes to the feast,Passage 024Henry Adams Bellows stanza 24The foolish man for friends all thosePassage 025Henry Adams Bellows stanza 25The foolish man for friends all thosePassage 032Henry Adams Bellows stanza 32Friendly of mind are many men,Passage 033Henry Adams Bellows stanza 33Oft should one make an early meal,Passage 034Henry Adams Bellows stanza 34Crooked and far is the road to a foe,Passage 039Henry Adams Bellows stanza 39If wealth a man has won for himself,Passage 040Henry Adams Bellows stanza 40None so free with gifts or food have I foundPassage 041Henry Adams Bellows stanza 41Friends shall gladden each other with arms and garments,Passage 042Henry Adams Bellows stanza 42To his friend a man a friend shall prove,Passage 043Henry Adams Bellows stanza 43To his friend a man a friend shall prove,Passage 044Henry Adams Bellows stanza 44If a friend thou hast whom thou fully wilt trust,Passage 045Henry Adams Bellows stanza 45If another thou hast whom thou hardly wilt trust,Passage 046Henry Adams Bellows stanza 46So is it with him whom thou hardly wilt trust,Passage 048Henry Adams Bellows stanza 48The lives of the brave and noble are best,Passage 051Henry Adams Bellows stanza 51Hotter than fire between false friendsPassage 052Henry Adams Bellows stanza 52No great thing needs a man to give,Passage 065Henry Adams Bellows stanza 65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Passage 067Henry Adams Bellows stanza 67To their homes men would bid me hither and yon,Passage 068Henry Adams Bellows stanza 68Fire for men is the fairest gift,Passage 076Henry Adams Bellows stanza 76Among Fitjung’s sons saw I well-stocked folds,—Passage 084Henry Adams Bellows stanza 84A man shall trust not the oath of a maid,Passage 087Henry Adams Bellows stanza 87In a calf that is sick or a stubborn thrall,Passage 088Henry Adams Bellows stanza 88In a brother’s slayer, if thou meet him abroad,Passage 089Henry Adams Bellows stanza 89Hope not too surely for early harvest,Passage 110Henry Adams Bellows stanza 110On his ring swore Othin the oath, methinks;Passage 117Henry Adams Bellows stanza 117I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 119Henry Adams Bellows stanza 119I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 120Henry Adams Bellows stanza 120I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 121Henry Adams Bellows stanza 121I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 124Henry Adams Bellows stanza 124Mingled is love when a man can speakPassage 127Henry Adams Bellows stanza 127I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 146Henry Adams Bellows stanza 146Better no prayer than too big an offering,Passage 157Henry Adams Bellows stanza 157An eleventh I know, if needs I must lead