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Stanza 83

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 83

1923
By the fire drink ale, over ice go on skates;Buy a steed that is lean, and a sword when tarnished,The horse at home fatten, the hound in thy dwelling.* * *
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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