Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 89
1923Hope not too surely for early harvest,Nor trust too soon in thy son;The field needs good weather, the son needs wisdom,And oft is either denied.* * *Hávamál · Counsel and reflections on love
Henry Adams Bellows stanza 89
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Benjamin Thorpe · stanza 88
1866an early sown fieldlet no one trust,nor prematurely in a son:weather rules the field,and wit the son,each of which is doubtful;Olive Bray · stanza 87
1908Let none put faith in the first sown fruitnor yet in his son too soon;whim rules the child, and weather the field,each is open to chance.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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