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Stanza 53

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 53

1923
A little sand has a little sea,And small are the minds of men;Though all men are not equal in wisdom,Yet half-wise only are all.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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