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Stanza 5

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 5

1923
Wits must he have who wanders wide,But all is easy at home;At the witless man the wise shall winkWhen among such men he sits.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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