Henry Adams Bellows · stanza 133
1923Oft scarcely he knows who sits in the houseWhat kind is the man who comes;None so good is found that faults he has not,Nor so wicked that nought he is worth.Free to read · Built for close study
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Oft scarcely he knows who sits in the houseWhat kind is the man who comes;None so good is found that faults he has not,Nor so wicked that nought he is worth.Hávamál, translated by Henry Adams Bellows, in The Poetic Edda (1923). Public-domain transcription sourced from Project Gutenberg ebook 73533.
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