Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 15
1923The son of a king shall be silent and wise,And bold in battle as well;Bravely and gladly a man shall go,Till the day of his death is come.Free to read · Built for close study
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The son of a king shall be silent and wise,And bold in battle as well;Bravely and gladly a man shall go,Till the day of his death is come.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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