Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 50
1923On the hillside drear the fir-tree dies,All bootless its needles and bark;It is like a man whom no one loves,—Why should his life be long?Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 50
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 50
1866A tree withersthat on a hill-top stands;protects it neither bark nor leaves:such is the manwhom no one favours:why should he live long?Olive Bray · stanza 50
1908The pine tree wastes which is perched on the hill,nor bark nor needles shelter it;such is the man that none doth love;for what should he longer live?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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