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Stanza 24

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 24

1923
The foolish man for friends all thoseWho laugh at him will hold;When among the wise he marks it notThough hatred of him they speak.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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