Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 48
1923The lives of the brave and noble are best,Sorrows they seldom feed;But the coward fear of all things feels,And not gladly the niggard gives.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 48
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 48
1866Liberal and brave men live best,they seldom cherish sorrow;but a base-minded mandreads everything;the niggardly is uneasy even at gifts.Olive Bray · stanza 48
1908Most blest is he who lives free and boldand nurses never a grief,for the fearful man is dismayed by aught,and the mean one mourns over giving.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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