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Stanza 151

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 151

1923
A fifth I know, if I see from afarAn arrow fly ‘gainst the folk;It flies not so swift that I stop it not,If ever my eyes behold it.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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