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Stanza 20

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 20

1923
The greedy man, if his mind be vague,Will eat till sick he is;The vulgar man, when among the wise,To scorn by his belly is brought.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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