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Stanza 2

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 2

1923
Hail to the giver! a guest has come;Where shall the stranger sit?Swift shall he be who with swords shall tryThe proof of his might to make.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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