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Stanza 58

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 58

1923
He must early go forth who fain the bloodOr the goods of another would get;The wolf that lies idle shall win little meat,Or the sleeping man success.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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