Theme
Drink and Moderation
Ale, memory, self-command, and social conduct.
Passage 011Henry Adams Bellows stanza 11A better burden may no man bearPassage 012Henry Adams Bellows stanza 12Less good there lies than most believePassage 013Henry Adams Bellows stanza 13Over beer the bird of forgetfulness broods,Passage 014Henry Adams Bellows stanza 14Drunk I was, I was dead-drunk,Passage 017Henry Adams Bellows stanza 17The fool is agape when he comes to the feast,Passage 019Henry Adams Bellows stanza 19Shun not the mead, but drink in measure;Passage 028Henry Adams Bellows stanza 28Wise shall he seem who well can question,Passage 052Henry Adams Bellows stanza 52No great thing needs a man to give,Passage 066Henry Adams Bellows stanza 66Too early to many a meeting I came,Passage 071Henry Adams Bellows stanza 71The lame rides a horse, the handless is herdsman,Passage 081Henry Adams Bellows stanza 81Give praise to the day at evening, to a woman on her pyre,Passage 082Henry Adams Bellows stanza 82When the gale blows hew wood, in fair winds seek the water;Passage 083Henry Adams Bellows stanza 83By the fire drink ale, over ice go on skates;Passage 102Henry Adams Bellows stanza 102Many fair maids, if a man but tries them,Passage 106Henry Adams Bellows stanza 106Gunnloth gave on a golden stoolPassage 107Henry Adams Bellows stanza 107The well-earned beauty well I enjoyed,Passage 109Henry Adams Bellows stanza 109The day that followed, the frost-giants came,Passage 110Henry Adams Bellows stanza 110On his ring swore Othin the oath, methinks;Passage 131Henry Adams Bellows stanza 131I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 137Henry Adams Bellows stanza 137I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 140Henry Adams Bellows stanza 140None made me happy with loaf or horn,Passage 141Henry Adams Bellows stanza 141Nine mighty songs I got from the son