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Stanza 157

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 157

1923
An eleventh I know, if needs I must leadTo the fight my long-loved friends;I sing in the shields, and in strength they goWhole to the field of fight,Whole from the field of fight,And whole they come thence home.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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