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Stanza 91

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

Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 91

1923
Clear now will I speak, for I know them both,Men false to women are found;When fairest we speak, then falsest we think,Against wisdom we work with deceit.
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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