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Stanza 25

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 25

1923
The foolish man for friends all thoseWho laugh at him will hold;But the truth when he comes to the council he learns,That few in his favor will speak.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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