I was over-drunk
At that cunning Fjalar’s.
It’s the best drunkenness
When every one after it
Regains his reason.
This passage then refers to the effects of the strong drink of poetry, and Odin recommends us to use it with moderation. Would it not be well for some of our poets to heed the advice?
Thus Hávamál again:
The old giant[[47]] I sought;
Now I am come back;
Little got I there by silence;