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Stanza 49

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 49

1923
My garments once in a field I gaveTo a pair of carven poles;Heroes they seemed when clothes they had,But the naked man is nought.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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