eowyn of ithilien wrote:
this is from the the wanderer (an old english poem):
where has the horse gone? where is the rider? where is the giver of gold?
where are the seats of the feast? where are the joys of the hall?
o the bright cup! o the brave warrior!
o the glory of princes! how the time passed away,
slipped into nightfall as if it had never been
and this (as you should know) is from the two towers:
where now the horse and the rider? where is the horn that was blowing?
where is the helm and the hauberk and the bright hair flowing?
where is the hand on the harpstring and the red fire glowing?
where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
they have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
the days have gone down in the west behind the hills into the shadow.
who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning,
or behold the flowing years from the sun returning?
i don't want to start another 'did tolkien steal?' debate, but i do think it's interesting to see where he got his inspiration from (i know tolkien knew the wanderer because he was teaching it at my uni 80 years ago). interestingly enough, the poem also refers to "middle-earth".
where has the horse gone? where is the rider? where is the giver of gold?
where are the seats of the feast? where are the joys of the hall?
o the bright cup! o the brave warrior!
o the glory of princes! how the time passed away,
slipped into nightfall as if it had never been
and this (as you should know) is from the two towers:
where now the horse and the rider? where is the horn that was blowing?
where is the helm and the hauberk and the bright hair flowing?
where is the hand on the harpstring and the red fire glowing?
where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
they have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
the days have gone down in the west behind the hills into the shadow.
who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning,
or behold the flowing years from the sun returning?
i don't want to start another 'did tolkien steal?' debate, but i do think it's interesting to see where he got his inspiration from (i know tolkien knew the wanderer because he was teaching it at my uni 80 years ago). interestingly enough, the poem also refers to "middle-earth".
well Tolkien was a prfessor of english at a uni for awhile so...lol
I must say that did strike me as old english. Also if u mena th eold english concept of middle earth as in Asgard then I would sya thats that is historically accurate. BUt yes , good food for thought there Eowyn thanx. Oh BTW all, Its EONWEsbest mate, not EOWYNS bestmate. Thanx
