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Stanza 143

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 143

1923
Runes shalt thou find, and fateful signs,That the king of singers colored,And the mighty gods have made;Full strong the signs, full mighty the signsThat the ruler of gods doth write.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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