Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 72
1923A son is better, though late he be born,And his father to death have fared;Memory-stones seldom stand by the roadSave when kinsman honors his kin.Free to read · Built for close study
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A son is better, though late he be born,And his father to death have fared;Memory-stones seldom stand by the roadSave when kinsman honors his kin.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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