Stanza 71

Original Old Norse:	Auden & Taylor:	Bellows:	Bray:
Haltr ríðr hrossi hjörð rekr handarvanr daufr vegr ok dugir blindr er betri en brenndr sé nýtr manngi nás	The halt can manage a horse, the handless a flock, The deaf be a doughty fighter, To be blind is better than to burn on a pyre: There is nothing the dead can do.	The lame rides a horse, | the handless is herdsman, The deaf in battle is bold; The blind man is better | than one that is burned, No good can come of a corpse.	The lame can ride horse, the handless drive cattle, the deaf one can fight and prevail, 'tis happier for the blind than for him on the bale-fire, but no man hath care for a corpse.
Chisholm:	Hollander:	Terry:	Thorpe:
A halt man can ride a horse. The handless can be herdsmen. The deaf can fight bravely, a blind man is better than a burned man, and a dead man is of no use.	May the halt ride a horse, and the handless be herdsman, the deaf man may doughtily fight; a blind man is better than a burned one, ay: Of what good is a good man dead?	The lame ride horseback, the handless drive herds, the deaf may be dauntless in battle; better to be blind than burned on a pyre, dead men do no deeds.	The halt can ride on horseback, the one-handed drive cattle; the deaf fight and be useful: to be blind is better than to be burnt: no ones gets good from a corpse.
Today's verse works on furthering yesterdays. Physical deformities are not the end of the world. You can still be useful. There is always something you can do. Look at Helen Keller was deaf, blind, and couldn't speak. Look at all she accomplished in her life! You can read about it here: https://www.biography.com/people/helen-keller-9361967