Deyr fé, deyja frændr,
deyr sjálfr et sama;
ek veit einn, at aldri deyr:
dómr of dauðan hvern.

From Gestaþáttr, Hávamál

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One Response to “To Robin”
  1. Xerothn says:

    Cattle die, kinsmen die
    the self must also die;
    I know one thing which never dies:
    the reputation of each dead man