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Stanza 1

The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes, 1923

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 1

1923
Within the gates ere a man shall go,(Full warily let him watch,)Full long let him look about him;For little he knows where a foe may lurk,And sit in the seats within.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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