Theme
Wisdom
Practical judgment, restraint, learning, and the limits of knowledge.
Passage 001Henry Adams Bellows stanza 1Within the gates ere a man shall go,Passage 002Henry Adams Bellows stanza 2Hail to the giver! a guest has come;Passage 003Henry Adams Bellows stanza 3Fire he needs who with frozen kneesPassage 004Henry Adams Bellows stanza 4Water and towels and welcoming speechPassage 005Henry Adams Bellows stanza 5Wits must he have who wanders wide,Passage 006Henry Adams Bellows stanza 6A man shall not boast of his keenness of mind,Passage 007Henry Adams Bellows stanza 7The knowing guest who goes to the feast,Passage 008Henry Adams Bellows stanza 8Happy the one who wins for himselfPassage 009Henry Adams Bellows stanza 9Happy the man who has while he livesPassage 010Henry Adams Bellows stanza 10A better burden may no man bearPassage 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 015Henry Adams Bellows stanza 15The son of a king shall be silent and wise,Passage 018Henry Adams Bellows stanza 18He alone is aware who has wandered wide,Passage 020Henry Adams Bellows stanza 20The greedy man, if his mind be vague,Passage 023Henry Adams Bellows stanza 23The witless man is awake all night,Passage 024Henry Adams Bellows stanza 24The foolish man for friends all thosePassage 025Henry Adams Bellows stanza 25The foolish man for friends all thosePassage 026Henry Adams Bellows stanza 26An ignorant man thinks that all he knows,Passage 027Henry Adams Bellows stanza 27A witless man, when he meets with men,Passage 028Henry Adams Bellows stanza 28Wise shall he seem who well can question,Passage 029Henry Adams Bellows stanza 29Often he speaks who never is stillPassage 030Henry Adams Bellows stanza 30In mockery no one a man shall hold,Passage 031Henry Adams Bellows stanza 31Wise a guest holds it to take to his heels,Passage 037Henry Adams Bellows stanza 37Better a house, though a hut it be,Passage 038Henry Adams Bellows stanza 38Away from his arms in the open fieldPassage 040Henry Adams Bellows stanza 40None so free with gifts or food have I foundPassage 041Henry Adams Bellows stanza 41Friends shall gladden each other with arms and garments,Passage 042Henry Adams Bellows stanza 42To his friend a man a friend shall prove,Passage 043Henry Adams Bellows stanza 43To his friend a man a friend shall prove,Passage 044Henry Adams Bellows stanza 44If a friend thou hast whom thou fully wilt trust,Passage 045Henry Adams Bellows stanza 45If another thou hast whom thou hardly wilt trust,Passage 046Henry Adams Bellows stanza 46So is it with him whom thou hardly wilt trust,Passage 050Henry Adams Bellows stanza 50On the hillside drear the fir-tree dies,Passage 052Henry Adams Bellows stanza 52No great thing needs a man to give,Passage 053Henry Adams Bellows stanza 53A little sand has a little sea,Passage 054Henry Adams Bellows stanza 54A measure of wisdom each man shall have,Passage 055Henry Adams Bellows stanza 55A measure of wisdom each man shall have,Passage 056Henry Adams Bellows stanza 56A measure of wisdom each man shall have,Passage 057Henry Adams Bellows stanza 57A brand from a brand is kindled and burned,Passage 063Henry Adams Bellows stanza 63To question and answer must all be readyPassage 064Henry Adams Bellows stanza 64The man who is prudent a measured usePassage 068Henry Adams Bellows stanza 68Fire for men is the fairest gift,Passage 070Henry Adams Bellows stanza 70It is better to live than to lie a corpse,Passage 073Henry Adams Bellows stanza 73Two make a battle, the tongue slays the head;Passage 075Henry Adams Bellows stanza 75A man knows not, if nothing he knows,Passage 080Henry Adams Bellows stanza 80An unwise man, if a maiden’s lovePassage 082Henry Adams Bellows stanza 82When the gale blows hew wood, in fair winds seek the water;Passage 085Henry Adams Bellows stanza 85In a breaking bow or a burning flame,Passage 087Henry Adams Bellows stanza 87In a calf that is sick or a stubborn thrall,Passage 088Henry Adams Bellows stanza 88In a brother’s slayer, if thou meet him abroad,Passage 089Henry Adams Bellows stanza 89Hope not too surely for early harvest,Passage 090Henry Adams Bellows stanza 90The love of women fickle of willPassage 091Henry Adams Bellows stanza 91Clear now will I speak, for I know them both,Passage 093Henry Adams Bellows stanza 93Fault for loving let no man findPassage 094Henry Adams Bellows stanza 94Fault with another let no man findPassage 095Henry Adams Bellows stanza 95The head alone knows what dwells near the heart,Passage 096Henry Adams Bellows stanza 96This found I myself, when I sat in the reeds,Passage 097Henry Adams Bellows stanza 97Billing’s daughter I found on her bed,Passage 099Henry Adams Bellows stanza 99Away I hastened, hoping for joy,Passage 100Henry Adams Bellows stanza 100So came I next when night it was,Passage 102Henry Adams Bellows stanza 102Many fair maids, if a man but tries them,Passage 103Henry Adams Bellows stanza 103Though glad at home, and merry with guests,Passage 105Henry Adams Bellows stanza 105The mouth of Rati made room for my passage,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 111Henry Adams Bellows stanza 111It is time to chant from the chanter’s stool;Passage 112Henry Adams Bellows stanza 112I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 113Henry Adams Bellows stanza 113I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 115Henry Adams Bellows stanza 115I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 116Henry Adams Bellows stanza 116I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 117Henry Adams Bellows stanza 117I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 118Henry Adams Bellows stanza 118I saw a man who was wounded sorePassage 119Henry Adams Bellows stanza 119I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 120Henry Adams Bellows stanza 120I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 121Henry Adams Bellows stanza 121I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 122Henry Adams Bellows stanza 122I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 124Henry Adams Bellows stanza 124Mingled is love when a man can speakPassage 125Henry Adams Bellows stanza 125I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 126Henry Adams Bellows stanza 126I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 127Henry Adams Bellows stanza 127I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 128Henry Adams Bellows stanza 128I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 129Henry Adams Bellows stanza 129I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 130Henry Adams Bellows stanza 130I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 131Henry Adams Bellows stanza 131I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 132Henry Adams Bellows stanza 132I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 133Henry Adams Bellows stanza 133Oft scarcely he knows who sits in the housePassage 134Henry Adams Bellows stanza 134I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 135Henry Adams Bellows stanza 135I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 136Henry Adams Bellows stanza 136Strong is the beam that raised must bePassage 137Henry Adams Bellows stanza 137I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,—Passage 138Henry Adams Bellows stanza 138Now are Hor’s words spoken in the hall,Passage 139Henry Adams Bellows stanza 139I ween that I hung on the windy tree,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 sonPassage 142Henry Adams Bellows stanza 142Then began I to thrive, and wisdom to get,Passage 144Henry Adams Bellows stanza 144Othin for the gods, Dain for the elves,Passage 152Henry Adams Bellows stanza 152A sixth I know, if harm one seeksPassage 154Henry Adams Bellows stanza 154An eighth I know, that is to allPassage 156Henry Adams Bellows stanza 156A tenth I know, what time I seePassage 157Henry Adams Bellows stanza 157An eleventh I know, if needs I must leadPassage 158Henry Adams Bellows stanza 158A twelfth I know, if high on a treePassage 159Henry Adams Bellows stanza 159A thirteenth I know, if a thane full youngPassage 161Henry Adams Bellows stanza 161A fifteenth I know, that before the doorsPassage 162Henry Adams Bellows stanza 162A sixteenth I know, if I seek delightPassage 163Henry Adams Bellows stanza 163A seventeenth I know, so that seldom shall goPassage 164Henry Adams Bellows stanza 164Long these songs thou shalt, Loddfafnir,