Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 5
1923Wits must he have who wanders wide,But all is easy at home;At the witless man the wise shall winkWhen among such men he sits.Free to read · Built for close study
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Wits must he have who wanders wide,But all is easy at home;At the witless man the wise shall winkWhen among such men he sits.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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