Theme
Hospitality
Arrival, welcome, shelter, food, clothing, and obligations between host and guest.
Passage 001Henry Adams Bellows stanza 1Within the gates ere a man shall go,Passage 002Henry Adams Bellows stanza 2Hail to the giver! a guest has come;Passage 003Henry Adams Bellows stanza 3Fire he needs who with frozen kneesPassage 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 007Henry Adams Bellows stanza 7The knowing guest who goes to the feast,Passage 013Henry Adams Bellows stanza 13Over beer the bird of forgetfulness broods,Passage 014Henry Adams Bellows stanza 14Drunk I was, I was dead-drunk,Passage 017Henry Adams Bellows stanza 17The fool is agape when he comes to the feast,Passage 026Henry Adams Bellows stanza 26An ignorant man thinks that all he knows,Passage 030Henry Adams Bellows stanza 30In mockery no one a man shall hold,Passage 031Henry Adams Bellows stanza 31Wise a guest holds it to take to his heels,Passage 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 035Henry Adams Bellows stanza 35Forth shall one go, nor stay as a guestPassage 036Henry Adams Bellows stanza 36Better a house, though a hut it be,Passage 037Henry Adams Bellows stanza 37Better a house, though a hut it be,Passage 040Henry Adams Bellows stanza 40None so free with gifts or food have I foundPassage 049Henry Adams Bellows stanza 49My garments once in a field I gavePassage 050Henry Adams Bellows stanza 50On the hillside drear the fir-tree dies,Passage 061Henry Adams Bellows stanza 61Washed and fed to the council fare,Passage 066Henry Adams Bellows stanza 66Too early to many a meeting I came,Passage 067Henry Adams Bellows stanza 67To their homes men would bid me hither and yon,Passage 070Henry Adams Bellows stanza 70It is better to live than to lie a corpse,Passage 073Henry Adams Bellows stanza 73Two make a battle, the tongue slays the head;Passage 074Henry Adams Bellows stanza 74He welcomes the night whose fare is enough.Passage 076Henry Adams Bellows stanza 76Among Fitjung’s sons saw I well-stocked folds,—Passage 082Henry Adams Bellows stanza 82When the gale blows hew wood, in fair winds seek the water;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 101Henry Adams Bellows stanza 101At morning then, when once more I came,Passage 103Henry Adams Bellows stanza 103Though glad at home, and merry with guests,Passage 112Henry Adams Bellows stanza 112I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 114Henry Adams Bellows stanza 114Such is her might that thou hast no mindPassage 116Henry Adams Bellows stanza 116I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 132Henry Adams Bellows stanza 132I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 133Henry Adams Bellows stanza 133Oft scarcely he knows who sits in the housePassage 135Henry Adams Bellows stanza 135I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 140Henry Adams Bellows stanza 140None made me happy with loaf or horn,Passage 151Henry Adams Bellows stanza 151A fifth I know, if I see from afarPassage 153Henry Adams Bellows stanza 153A seventh I know, if I see in flamesPassage 155Henry Adams Bellows stanza 155A ninth I know, if need there comesPassage 156Henry Adams Bellows stanza 156A tenth I know, what time I seePassage 159Henry Adams Bellows stanza 159A thirteenth I know, if a thane full youngPassage 161Henry Adams Bellows stanza 161A fifteenth I know, that before the doors