Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 76
1923Among Fitjung’s sons saw I well-stocked folds,—Now bear they the beggar’s staff;Wealth is as swift as a winking eye,Of friends the falsest it is.Free to read · Built for close study
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Among Fitjung’s sons saw I well-stocked folds,—Now bear they the beggar’s staff;Wealth is as swift as a winking eye,Of friends the falsest it is.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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