Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 80
1923An unwise man, if a maiden’s loveOr wealth he chances to win,His pride will wax, but his wisdom never,Straightforward he fares in conceit.* * *Free to read · Built for close study
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An unwise man, if a maiden’s loveOr wealth he chances to win,His pride will wax, but his wisdom never,Straightforward he fares in conceit.* * *Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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