Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 34
1923Crooked and far is the road to a foe,Though his house on the highway be;But wide and straight is the way to a friend,Though far away he fare.Free to read · Built for close study
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Crooked and far is the road to a foe,Though his house on the highway be;But wide and straight is the way to a friend,Though far away he fare.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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