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.Hávamál · Hávamál proper
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 72
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 72
1866A son is better,even if born late,after his father’s departure.Gravestones seldomstand by the way-sideunless raised by a kinsman to a kinsman.Olive Bray · stanza 72
1908Best have a son though he be late bornand before him the father be dead:seldom are stones on the wayside raisedsave by kinsmen to kinsmen.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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