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Stanza 36

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 36

1923
Better a house, though a hut it be,A man is master at home;A pair of goats and a patched-up roofAre better far than begging.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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