Hávamál · Counsel and reflections on love

Henry Adams Bellows stanza 90

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Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 90

1923
The love of women fickle of willIs like starting o’er ice with a steed unshod,A two-year-old restive and little tamed,Or steering a rudderless ship in a storm,Or, lame, hunting reindeer on slippery rocks.* * *
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and NotesPublic domain in the United States
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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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