Slow Havamal: 59

The 59th verse repeats that we should rise early, especially with no one to do our work for us, and get right to it. More than time is lost by sleeping in, but if we can get up, wealth is half-won.

Most of us don’t have slaves or hired help to perform our duties. We can do things ourselves, or leave them undone. In our society, as in the world of Havamal, the only people who can afford the luxury of late sleep are the rich, and the self-destructive idler. ( Read more... )