Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 96
1923This found I myself, when I sat in the reeds,And long my love awaited;As my life the maiden wise I loved,Yet her I never had.Free to read · Built for close study
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This found I myself, when I sat in the reeds,And long my love awaited;As my life the maiden wise I loved,Yet her I never had.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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