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Stanza 159

The Edda of Sæmund the Learned, 1866

Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 159

1866
For the twelfth I know,if on a tree I seea corpse swinging from a halter,I can so graveand in runes depict,that the man shall walk,and with me converse.
The Edda of Sæmund the LearnedPublic domain
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