Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 53
1923A little sand has a little sea,And small are the minds of men;Though all men are not equal in wisdom,Yet half-wise only are all.Free to read · Built for close study
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A little sand has a little sea,And small are the minds of men;Though all men are not equal in wisdom,Yet half-wise only are all.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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