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Stanza 21

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 21

1923
The herds know well when home they shall fare,And then from the grass they go;But the foolish man his belly’s measureShall never know aright.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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