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Stanza 48

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 48

1923
The lives of the brave and noble are best,Sorrows they seldom feed;But the coward fear of all things feels,And not gladly the niggard gives.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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