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Stanza 86

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 86

1923
In a flying arrow or falling waters,In ice new formed or the serpent’s folds,In a bride’s bed-speech or a broken sword,In the sport of bears or in sons of kings,
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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