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Stanza 121

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 121

1923
I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Profit thou hast if thou hearest,Great thy gain if thou learnest:Be never the first to break with thy friendThe bond that holds you both;Care eats the heart if thou canst not speakTo another all thy thought.
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