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Stanza 40

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 40

1923
None so free with gifts or food have I foundThat gladly he took not a gift,Nor one who so widely scattered his wealthThat of recompense hatred he had.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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