i think everybody loves all that is gold does not glitter. it's just such a cool poem. it fits Aragorn perfectly.

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*squeals and hugs Araturiel in a super bone-crushing hug* YES!!!! THANKYOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR MONTHS! THANKYOU!

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Snow white, snow white, o Lady clear,
O Light to us that wander here.

Ohhhh this is hard. I don't know.......

I really like ......*runs to room and grabs poem off wall*

I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen
of meadow flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been

of yellow leaves and gossemer
in autums that there were
with morning mist and silver sun
and wind upon my hair

I sit beside the fire and think
of how the world will be
when winter comes with a spring
that I shall never see

For still there are so many things
that I have never seen
in every wood in every spring
there is a different green

I sit besides the fire and think
of people long ago
and people who will see a world
That I shall never know.

But all the while I sit and think
of times there were before
I listen to returning feet
and voices at the door.

Such a good poem. It makes me happy!

That would be my favorite one too. It's so beautiful.

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Smeagol's fish song!

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My only wish to catch a fish! Yeah! I love that song, but I don't think tolkien wrote it.

I like the poem in the books of lost tales,You&I,the cottage of lost play.very fair peom......lots of plants
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I also like the song of Luthien and Beren,but the translation is so foolish......well...and the textual is so long....

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if the constellations appeared only once in thousands years ,imagine what an exciting event it would be.but they`re up there every night ,we barely give them a look.

yes, that's also 1 of my favorites!!! I'm working on memorizing it. lol

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"Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness."

My favorite is....


Habbanan beneath the Stars
*
In Habbanan beneath the skies
Where all roads end however long
There is a sound of faint guitars
And distant echoes of a song,
For there men gather into rings
Round their red fires while one voice sings -
And all about is night.
*
Not night as ours, unhappy folk,
Where nigh the Earth in hazy bars,
A mist about the springing of the stars,
There trails a thin and wandering smoke
Obscuring with its veil half-seen
The great abysmal still Serene.
*
A globe of dark glass faceted with light
Wherein the splendid winds have dusky flight;
Untrodden spaces of an odorous plain
That watches for the moon that long has lain
And caught the meteors’ fiery rain -
Such there is night.
*
There on a sudden did my heart percieve
That they who sang about the Eve,
Who answered the bright-shining stars
With gleaming music of their strange guitars,
These were His wandering happy sons
Encamped upon those aery leas
Where God's unsullied garmentruns
In glory down His mighty knees.

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My all time fav. is 'All that is gold'
Then it's probably either the one of Luthien or of Nimrodel.. i can't choose ><

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The Departure of Boromir, it's just... I dunno I just love it!

Aragorn:
Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows,
The West Wind comes walking, and about the walls it goes.
'What news from the West, O wandering wind, do you bring to me tonight?
Have you seen Boromir the Tall by moon or by starlight?'
'I saw him ride over seven streams, over waters wide and grey;
I saw him walk in empty lands, until he passed away
Into the shadows of the North. I saw him then no more.
The North Wind may have heard the horn of the son of Denethor.'
'O Boromir! From the high walls westward I looked afar,
But you came not from the empty lands where no men are.'

Legolas:
From the mouths of the Sea the South Wind flies, from the sandhills and the stones;
The wailing of the gulls it bears, and at the gate it moans.
'What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bring to me at eve?
Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve.'
'Ask not of me where he doth dwell - so many bones there lie
On the white shores and the dark shores under the stormy sky;
So many have passed down Anduin to find the flowing Sea.
Ask of the North Wind news of them the North Wind sends to me!'
'O Boromir! Beyond the gate the seaward road runs south,
But you came not with the wailing gulls from the grey sea's mouth.'

Aragorn:
From the Gate of Kings the North Wind rides, and past the roaring falls;
And clear and cold about the tower its loud horn calls.
'What news from the North, O mighty wind, do you bring to me today?
What news of Boromir the Bold? For he is long away.'
'Beneath Amon Hen I heard his cry. There many foes he fought.
His cloven shield, his broken sword, they to the water brought.
His head so proud, his face so fair, his limbs they laid to rest;
And Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, bore him upon its breast.'
'O Boromir! The Tower of Guard shall ever northward gaze
To Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, until the end of days.

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My favorites are The song of Tinuviel and Finrod's song (posted above by Aerandir) and then:

Far over the Misty Mountains cold,
To dungeons deep and caverns old,
We must away, ere break of day,
To seek our pale enchanted gold.

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,
While hammers fell like ringing bells,
In places deep, where dark things sleep,
In hollow halls beneath the fells.

For ancient king and elvish lord
There many a gleaming golden hoard
They shaped and wrought, and light they caught,
To hide in gems on hilt of sword.

On silver necklaces they strung
The flowering stars, on crowns they hung
The dragon-fire, on twisted wire
They meshed the light of moon and sun.

Far over the Misty Mountains cold,
To dungeons deep and caverns old,
We must away, ere break of day,
To claim our long-forgotten gold.

Goblets they carved there for themselves,
And harps of gold, where no man delves
There lay they long, and many a song
Was sung unheard by men or elves.

The pines were roaring on the heights,
The wind was moaning in the night,
The fire was red, it flaming spread,
The trees like torches blazed with light.

The bells were ringing in the dale,
And men looked up with faces pale.
The dragon's ire, more fierce than fire,
Laid low their towers and houses frail.

The mountain smoked beneath the moon.
The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom.
They fled the hall to dying fall
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.

Far over the Misty Mountains grim,
To dungeons deep and caverns dim,
We must away, ere break of day,
To win our harps and gold from him!


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Gil-galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
The last whose realm was fair and free
Between the mountains and the sea.

His sword was long, his lance was keen.
His shining helm afar was seen.
The countless stars of heaven's field
Were mirrored in his silver shield.

But long ago he rode away,
And where he dwelleth none can say.
For into darkness fell his star;
In Mordor, where the shadows are.

JRR Tolkien



I love Tolkien's poetry....

it's already been quoted a couple of times above, so i won't post it again here, but bilbo's "i sit beside the fire and think..." is my favourite. rhythmically it's akin to the poetry i write, so in a way it feels really familiar and kind of comfortable to read, but at the same time there's a certain melancholy to the idea that there is so much we will never see. beautiful stuff.

there are also some really beautiful passages in the lay of luthien, in elvish and english:

tinuviel elvanui,
elleth alfirin ethelhael,
o hon ring finnil finui
a ronc gelibrin thiliol.

tinuviel the elven fair,
immortal maiden elven-wise,
about him cast her long dark hair
and arms like silver glimmering.

(i did that from memory, so i apologise for any errors)

I like the Lament for Boromir in TTT. It goes like:
Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows
The West Wind comes walking, and about the walls it goes.
'What news from the West, O wandering wind, do you bring to me tonight?
Have you seen Boromir the Tall by moon or by starlight?'
'I saw him ride over seven streams, over waters wide and grey;
I saw him walk in empty lands, until he passed away
Into the shadows of the North. I saw him then no more.
The North Wind may have heard the horn of the son of Denethor.'
'O Boromir! From the high walls westward I looked afar,
But you came not from the empty lands where no men are.'

From the mouths of the Sea the South Wind flies, from the sandhills and the stones;
The wailing of the gulls it bears, and at the gate it moans.
'What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bring to me at eve?
Where now is Boromir the fair? He tarries and I grieve.'
'Ask not of me where he doth dwell --- so many bones there lie
On the white shores and the dark shores under the stormy sky;
So many have passed down Anduin to find the flowing Sea.
Ask of the North Wind news of them the North Wind sends to me!'
'O Boromir! Beyond the gate the seaward road runs south,
But you came not with the wailing gulls from the grey sea's mouth.'

From the Gate of Kings the North Wind rides, and past the roaring falls;
And clear and cold about the tower its loud horn calls.
'What news from the North, O mighty wind, do you bring to me today?
What news of Boromir the Bold? For he is long away.'
'Beneath Amon Hen I heard his cry. There many foes he fought.
His cloven shield, his broken sword, they to the water brought.
His head so proud, his face so fair, his limbs they laid to rest;
And Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, bore him upon its breast.'
'O Boromir! The Tower of Gaurd shall ever northward gaze
To Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, until the end of days.'
Also I like the bit in the ley of Leithein during the contest of Felagund and Sauron whcih some one has already said: th eone where it starts "he Chanted a song of wizardry....... finrod fell before the throne." Please mail me about this if anyone likes these poems too!!
Namarie!!!

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i completely adore 'i sit beside the fire and think..' i have some of it memorized. i really wanted that to be in teh movie and then theres 'all that is gold does not glitter' and 'three rings for the elven kings' i think the one sam sings about the story of trolls was cute too.