Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 79
1923Certain is that which is sought from runes,That the gods so great have made,And the Master-Poet painted;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . of the race of gods:Silence is safest and best.Free to read · Built for close study
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Certain is that which is sought from runes,That the gods so great have made,And the Master-Poet painted;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . of the race of gods:Silence is safest and best.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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