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Stanza 145

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 145

1923
Knowest how one shall write, knowest how one shall rede?Knowest how one shall tint, knowest how one makes trial?Knowest how one shall ask, knowest how one shall offer?Knowest how one shall send, knowest how one shall sacrifice?
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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