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Stanza 23

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 23

1923
The witless man is awake all night,Thinking of many things;Care-worn he is when the morning comes,And his woe is just as it was.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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