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Stanza 164

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 164

1923
Long these songs thou shalt, Loddfafnir,Seek in vain to sing;Yet good it were if thou mightest get them,Well, if thou wouldst them learn,Help, if thou hadst them.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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