Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 2
1923Hail to the giver! a guest has come;Where shall the stranger sit?Swift shall he be who with swords shall tryThe proof of his might to make.Free to read · Built for close study
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Hail to the giver! a guest has come;Where shall the stranger sit?Swift shall he be who with swords shall tryThe proof of his might to make.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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