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TheHávamál Archive

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Theme

Travel

Counsel for movement, unfamiliar roads, and life away from home.

Passage 001Henry Adams Bellows stanza 1Within the gates | ere a man shall go,Passage 003Henry Adams Bellows stanza 3Fire he needs | who with frozen kneesPassage 005Henry Adams Bellows stanza 5Wits must he have | who wanders wide,Passage 010Henry Adams Bellows stanza 10A better burden | may no man bearPassage 011Henry Adams Bellows stanza 11A better burden | may no man bearPassage 074Henry Adams Bellows stanza 74He welcomes the night | whose fare is enough.