Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 18
1923He alone is aware who has wandered wide,And far abroad has fared,How great a mind is guided by himThat wealth of wisdom has.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 18
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 18
1866He alone knowswho wanders wide,and has much experienced,by what dispositioneach man is ruled,who common sense possesses.Olive Bray · stanza 18
1908He knows alone who has wandered wide,and far has fared on the way,what manner of mind a man doth ownwho is wise of head and heart.Source
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes
Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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- Henry Adams Bellows
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- 1923
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