Incantations... ?

[HerenIstarion]

Let us have separate thread for a 'chanted' quotes. Here it comes:

The dragon is withered,
His bones are now crumbled;
His armour is shivered,
His splendour is humbled!
Though sword shall be rusted,
And throne and crown perish
With strength that men trusted
And wealth that they cherish,
Here grass is still growing,
And leaves are yet swinging,
The white water flowing,
And elves are yet singing
Come! Tra-la-la-lally!
Come back to the valley!

The stars are far brighter
Than gems without measure,
The moon is far whiter
Than silver in treasure:
The fire is more shining
On hearth in the gloaming
Than gold won by mining,
So why go a-roaming?
O! Tra-la-la-lally
Come back to the Valley.

O! Where are you going,
So late in returning?
The river is flowing,
The stars are all burning!
O! Whither so laden,
So sad and so dreary?
Here elf and elf-maiden
Now welcome the weary
With Tra-la-la-lally
Come back to the Valley,
Tra-la-la-lally
Fa-la-la-lally
Fa-la!


who + all the circumstances

[Voronwe]

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Re: encantations... ?

The Elves, in Rivendell, when Bilbo and Gandalf arrive back from the Lonely Mountain.


-Voronwë
<font size="2">"For Aldarion had become enamoured of the Great Sea, and of a ship riding there alone without sight of land, borne by the winds with foam at its throat to coasts and havens unguessed; and that love and desire never left him until his life's end."</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Correct :)

[Voronwe]

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Re: encantations... ?

Ok then, who spoke these lines? (I have just given a snippet to make it a little harder)

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> 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 shaddow.<hr></blockquote>


-Voronwë
<font size="2">"For Aldarion had become enamoured of the Great Sea, and of a ship riding there alone without sight of land, borne by the winds with foam at its throat to coasts and havens unguessed; and that love and desire never left him until his life's end."</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000143>Voronwe</A> at: 2/15/01 3:40:04 pm

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Re: encantations... ?

&quot;Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning
Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?&quot;

Aragorn sung this lament of the Rohirrim for Éorl the Young in front of Edoras.

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[Voronwe]

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Re: encantations... ?

Exactly. Ask away, Sharku.


-Voronwë
<font size="2">"For Aldarion had become enamoured of the Great Sea, and of a ship riding there alone without sight of land, borne by the winds with foam at its throat to coasts and havens unguessed; and that love and desire never left him until his life's end."</p>

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

O fading town upon an island hill!
Old shadows linger in thine ancient gate.
Thy robe is grey, thy old heart now is still
Thy towers silent in the mists await their crumbling end
While through the storeyed elms
These gliding black waters leave these inland realms
And slip between long meadows to the Sea
Still bearing downward over murmurous falls
One day and then another to the Sea
And slowly thither many years have gone
Since first the Elves here built ancient, renown ....?

(any mistakes I may have made above I beg to excuse as I did not bother to look the song up in the book)

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[Voronwe]

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Re: encantations... ?

Kortirion?

I think this is from the poem 'Kortirion amoung the trees'.


-Voronwë
<font size="2">"For Aldarion had become enamoured of the Great Sea, and of a ship riding there alone without sight of land, borne by the winds with foam at its throat to coasts and havens unguessed; and that love and desire never left him until his life's end."</p>

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

Exactly. Ask on, Voronwe!

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[Voronwe]

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Re: encantations... ?

Who spoke these words, and who are they about?

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.<hr></blockquote>



-Voronwë
<font size="2">"For Aldarion had become enamoured of the Great Sea, and of a ship riding there alone without sight of land, borne by the winds with foam at its throat to coasts and havens unguessed; and that love and desire never left him until his life's end."</p>

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

The scheme sounds like that of the Song of Tinúviel sung by Strider...

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[Voronwe]

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Re: encantations... ?

Correct. The words quoted are actually about Beren.

Ask away!


-Voronwë
<font size="2">"For Aldarion had become enamoured of the Great Sea, and of a ship riding there alone without sight of land, borne by the winds with foam at its throat to coasts and havens unguessed; and that love and desire never left him until his life's end."</p>

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

Who sang

&quot;Grey ship, grey ship, do yo hear them calling,
The voives of my people that have gone before me?&quot;

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[HerenIstarion]

Aye, one of my best loved songs of ME. Legolas in Ithilien.

'To the Sea...'

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

Correct. Ask us!

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[HerenIstarion]

Eärendil was a mariner
that tarried in Arvernien;
he built a boat of timber felled
in Nimbrethil to journey in;
her sails he wove of silver fair,
of silver were her lanterns made,
her prow was fashioned like a swan,
and light upon her banners laid.


and so on and on and on and on...

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Re: encantations... ?

This was written and sung by Bilbo in Rivendell (with a little help from Aragorn: &quot;upon his breast an emerald&quot;).

But tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Correct. Carry on

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

I know it: Manowar sung this in the likewise named song 'Carry On' on the album 'Fighting the World'


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[HerenIstarion]

:D Figthing, fighting fighting the World, I'll be fighting the world!

But better still is the song where the letter is read from father to son - Fight Proud, My Son etc

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

<img src=laugh.gif ALT=":lol"> &quot;You're the defender God has sent!&quot;

Or the Warrior's prayer...<img src=biggrin.gif ALT=":D">

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[KayQy]

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Re: encantations... ?

Double, double, toil and trouble...
Wait a minute! Wrong poetic genius!

Ok, here's an excerpt:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr> The elven-ship in haven grey
Beneath the mountain-lee
Awaited her for many a day
Beside the roaring sea.

A wind by night in Northern lands
Arose, and loud it cried,
And drove the ship from elven-strands
Across the straming tide.

When dawn came dim the land was lost,
The mountains sinking grey
Beyond the having waves that tosses
Their plumes of blinding spray.<hr></blockquote>


But tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?</p>

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

From the Song of Nimrodel recited by Strider?

<h6>Ah, listen to them... the children of the night... what sweet music they make...</h6></p>

[KayQy]

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Re: encantations... ?

The song is right, but it wasn't Strider.

But tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Legolas sung it

[KayQy]

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Re: encantations... ?

Very good! Now, which of you two brilliant phantoms wants to take it from here, since you each got half? First come, first served, or would you rather duel it out? (Although HI, you seem to have lost your sword...) <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)">

But tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?</p>

[HerenIstarion]

You judge, since you asked the question

(btw, the sword is not far off ;))

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

Give us one, Heren. I'm too lazy anyway <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)">

<h6>Ah, listen to them... the children of the night... what sweet music they make...</h6></p>

[HerenIstarion]

All right, than here it comes:

Under the Mountain dark and tall
The King has come unto his hall!
His foe is dead, the Worm of Dread,
And ever so his foes shall fall.

The sword is sharp, the spear is long,
The arrow swift, the Gate is strong;
The heart is bold that looks on gold;
The dwarves no more shall suffer wrong.

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.

On silver necklaces they strung
The light of stars, on crowns they hung
The dragon-fire, from twisted wire
The melody of harps they wrung.

The mountain throne once more is freed!
O! wandering folk, the summons heed!
Come haste! Come haste! across the waste!
The king of friend and kin has need.

Now call we over mountains cold,
'Come hack unto the caverns old'!
Here at the Gates the king awaits,
His hands are rich with gems and gold.

The king is come unto his hall
Under the Mountain dark and tall.
The Worm of Dread is slain and dead,
And ever so our foes shall fall!

whom and where

[Voronwe]

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Re: encantations... ?

The dwarves of The Hobbit, in a song made for Thorin at the lonely mountain?


-Voronwë
<font size="2">"For Aldarion had become enamoured of the Great Sea, and of a ship riding there alone without sight of land, borne by the winds with foam at its throat to coasts and havens unguessed; and that love and desire never left him until his life's end."</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Correct. Sing on

[HerenIstarion]

I can't stand this thread dying out quietly, and, hoping Voronwe will forgive me, am taking the banner on:

Out of doubt, out of dark to the day’s rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope’s end I rode and to heart’s breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

That is Théoden King, charging into the Pelennor.
Always gives me a shiver.

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[HerenIstarion]

Right place, and king truly chanted it, yet not Theoden

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Eomer said it leading the men of Rohan after Theoden's fatal encounter with the Witch-King.

They all gazed at him. His hair was white as snow in the sunshine; and gleaming white was his robe; the eyes under his deep brows were bright, piercing as the rays of the sun; power was in his hand. Between wonder, joy, and fear they found no words to say. 'I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned much that I had forgotten. I can see things far off, but many things close at hand I cannot see. I shall tell you of my tales at <a href=http://pub58.ezboard.com/bsuldalskeep>Sûldal's Keep</a> ." </p>

[HerenIstarion]

Correct, proceed

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<blockquote>Quote:<hr> &quot;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. <hr></blockquote>

Who said it and what was going on at the time?

They all gazed at him. His hair was white as snow in the sunshine; and gleaming white was his robe; the eyes under his deep brows were bright, piercing as the rays of the sun; power was in his hand. Between wonder, joy, and fear they found no words to say. 'I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned much that I had forgotten. I can see things far off, but many things close at hand I cannot see. I shall tell you of my tales at <a href=http://pub58.ezboard.com/bsuldalskeep>Sûldal's Keep</a> ." </p>

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Sam, and he was singing it either at Midgewater, or on Weathertop, when the Hobbits and Strider were camped out. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

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Of course, continue as you will..

They all gazed at him. His hair was white as snow in the sunshine; and gleaming white was his robe; the eyes under his deep brows were bright, piercing as the rays of the sun; power was in his hand. Between wonder, joy, and fear they found no words to say. 'I have passed through fire and deep water, since we parted. I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned much that I had forgotten. I can see things far off, but many things close at hand I cannot see. I shall tell you of my tales at <a href=http://pub58.ezboard.com/bsuldalskeep>Sûldal's Keep</a> ." </p>

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<blockquote>Quote:<hr> The finest rockets ever seen:
they burst in stars of blue and green,
or after thunder golden showers
came falling like a rain of flowers.<hr></blockquote>

Who said this, and when?

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[HerenIstarion]

Sam, in addition to Frodo's poetic obituary (forgive me the word) to Gandalf

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Take it away, if you take my meaning <img src=laugh.gif ALT=":lol">

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[HerenIstarion]

In the willow-meads of Tasarinan I walked in the Spring.
Ah! the sight and the smell of the Spring in Nan-tasarion!
And I said that was good.
I wandered in Summer in the elm-woods of Ossiriand.
Ah! the light and the music in the Summer by the Seven Rivers of Ossir!
And I thought that was best.
To the beeches of Neldoreth I came in the Autumn.
Ah! the gold and the red and the sighing of leaves in the Autumn in Taur-na-neldor!
It was more than my desire.
To the pine-trees upon the highland of Dorthonion I climbed in the Winter.
Ah! the wind and the whiteness and the black branches of Winter upon Orod-na-Thôn!
My voice went up and sang in the sky.
And now all those lands lie under the wave.
And I walk in Ambaróna, in Tauremorna, in Aldalómë.
In my own land, in the country of Fangorn,
Where the roots are long,
And the years lie thicker than the leaves
In Tauremornalómë.

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Treebeard. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

~*Hannah*~
Day after day
Alone on the hill
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round... ~ The Beatles</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Correct, proceed

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He chanted a song of wizardry
Of piercing, opening, of treachery
Revealing, uncovering, betraying.
Then sudden Felagund there swaying
Sang in answer a song of staying
Resisting, battling against power
Of secrets kept, strength like a tower
And trust unbroken, freedom, escape
Of changing and of shifting shape
Of snares eluded, broken traps
The prison opening, the chain that snaps.
Backwards and forwards swayed their song
Realing and foundering, as ever more strong
The chanting swelled, Felagund fought
And all the magic and might he brought
Of Elvenesse into his words.
Softly, into the gloom they heard the birds
Singing afar in Nargathrond
The sighing of the sea beyond
Beyond the western world, on sand
On sand of pearls in Elvenland.
Then the gloom gathered, darkness growing,
In Valinor, the red blood flowing,
Beside the sea where the Noldor slew
The foamriders, and stealing drew
Their white ships with the white sails
From lamplit havens.
The wind wails. The wolf howls.
The ravens flee.
The ice mutters in the mouths of the sea.
The captives sad in Angband mourn,
Thunder rumbles, the fires burn -
And Finrod fell before the throne.

That's off by heart so I might have made some mistakes, but I don't thnk so <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

~*Hannah*~
Day after day
Alone on the hill
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round... ~ The Beatles</p>

[HerenIstarion]

That was chanted in the duel between Felagund and Gorthaur.

[Hannah 3]

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<img src=wink.gif ALT=";)"> The poem explains itself <img src=wink.gif ALT=";)">
Your turn

~*Hannah*~
Day after day
Alone on the hill
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round... ~ The Beatles</p>

[HerenIstarion]

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 gossamer
in autumns 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 without a spring
that I shall ever 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 beside 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 for returning feet
and voices at the door

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Bilbo at Rivendell.

~*Hannah*~
Day after day
Alone on the hill
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round... ~ The Beatles</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Aye, proceed

[Hannah 3]

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Over the land there lies a long shadow,
westward reaching wings of darkness.
The tower trembles; to the tombs of kings
Doom approaches. The Dead awaken;
For the hour is come for the oathbreakers:
At the Stone of Erech they shall stand again
And hear there a horn in the hills ringing.
Whose shall the horn be? Who shall call them
From the grey twilight, the forgotten people?
The heir of him to whom the oath they swore.
From the North shall he come, need shall drive him;
He shall pass the Door to the Paths of the Dead.


(By the way, sorry if this is repeating itself, I didn't look a the first pages of this topic...)

~*Hannah*~
Day after day
Alone on the hill
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round... ~ The Beatles</p>

[Beregond]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: encantations...

Would it be Eomer who spoke that, at Dunharrow? Or Theoden? <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

</p>

[Hannah 3]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: encantations...

Neither. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

~*Hannah*~
Day after day
Alone on the hill
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round... ~ The Beatles</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Word sent by Galadriel to Aragorn through Gandalf the White, original words of Malbeth the Seer

[Hannah 3]

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Re: encantations... ?

*Shakes and nods*
Galadriel's one was Where now are the Dunadain, Elessar, Elessar?
But you're right about Malbeth the Seer <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

~*Hannah*~
Day after day
Alone on the hill
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round... ~ The Beatles</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Burn, burn tree and fern!
Shrivel and scorch! A fizzling torch
To light the night for our delight,
Ya hey!

Bake and toast 'em, fry and roast 'em
till beards blaze, and eyes glaze;
till hair smells and skins crack,
fat melts, and bones black
in cinders lie
beneath the sky!

So dwarves shall die,
and light the night for our delight,
Ya hey!
Ya-harri-heyl
Ya hoy!

[KayQy]

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Re: encantations... ?

That is a bunch of goblins with 13 dwarves, a wizard and a hobbit up a lot of trees.

(Incidentally, I recently read a very mediocre article on Tolkien that said that his verse wasn't that great outside of the storyline. What was that person on?)

I do not know that we can have a heaven here on earth, but I am sure we need not have a hell here either. --Rich Mullins</p>

[Hannah 3]

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Re: encantations... ?

(I think they meant that if you heard some of them when you haven't read the book, you'd have no clue what they were about - which is true for some, of course - but look at I sit beside the fire and think. You don't have to know the story to understand. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> )

~*Hannah*~
Day after day
Alone on the hill
The man with a foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer,
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning round... ~ The Beatles</p>

[HerenIstarion]

KayQy gets it

[KayQy]

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Re: encantations... ?

Okay, here we go. Sorry about the delay, but I wanted to make sure I got it right. I think this one's my favorite:

In western lands beneath the Sun
the flowers may rise in Sprin,
the trees may bud, the waters run,
the merry finches sing.
Or there maybe 'tis cloudless night
and swaying beeches bear
the Elven-stars as jewels white
amid their branching hair.

Though here at journey's end I lie
in darkness buried deep,
beyond all towers strong and high,
beyond all mountains steep,
above all shadows rides the Sun
and Stars for ever dwell:
I will not say the Day is done,
nor bid the Stars farewell.

*****

I do not know that we can have a heaven here on earth, but I am sure we need not have a hell here either. --Rich Mullins</p>

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

Sam in the tower of Cirith Ungol, I believe.

Dragons sailing on the breeze, / Black and gleaming beam / The hand upon the steering-board / has set my spirit free / Lost no more to time and place for / I have seen the land / I have heard the valkyrie's song / and I've touched Ódhinn's hand.</p>

[KayQy]

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Re: encantations... ?

Sí. Continue.

I do not know that we can have a heaven here on earth, but I am sure we need not have a hell here either. --Rich Mullins</p>

[Sharkû]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: encantations... ?

Let's make it a bit harder again by reducing the number of lines.

How about:

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars - we go to war!<hr></blockquote>

Dragons sailing on the breeze, / Black and gleaming beam / The hand upon the steering-board / has set my spirit free / Lost no more to time and place for / I have seen the land / I have heard the valkyrie's song / and I've touched Ódhinn's hand.</p>

[Hannah 3]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: encantations... ?

The Ents coming to Isengard?

~*Hannah*~ Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions. ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde</p>

[Sharkû]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: encantations... ?

correct

- Sharkû

Dragons sailing on the breeze, / Black and gleaming beam / The hand upon the steering-board / has set my spirit free / Lost no more to time and place for / I have seen the land / I have heard the valkyrie's song / and I've touched Ódhinn's hand.</p>

[Hannah 3]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: encantations... ?

'Of wind I sang, a wind there came, and in the branches blew'

~*Hannah*~ Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions. ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde</p>

[Telchar]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> hum homm

Wouldn't that be Treebeard to Merry and Pippin?

</p>

[Hannah 3]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: hum homm

No.

~*Hannah*~ Nowadays a broken heart will run to many editions. ~ The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde</p>

[KayQy]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: hum homm

Galadriel. &quot;For now what ship will bear me back across so wide a sea?&quot;

I do not know that we can have a heaven here on earth, but I am sure we need not have a hell here either. --Rich Mullins</p>

[Telchar]

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: hum homm

Hannah is loong absent - KayOy you are correct and should proceed <img src=cool.gif ALT="8)">

</p>

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/bluepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: hum homm

Who said:

<blockquote>Quote:<hr> &quot;Kill'em, I say. Kill'em now and hang'em dead for a while.&quot;<hr></blockquote>

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000064>GandaIf The White</A> at: 5/22/01 12:47:41 am

[HerenIstarion]

Gandalf, you are straying off the topic. These are singed quotes :)

As for the answer, that was said by one of the spiders in the Mirkwood.

back to it

The King beneath the mountains,
The King of carven stone,
The lord of silver fountains
Shall come into his own!

His crown shall be upholden,
His harp shall be restrung,
His halls shall echo golden
To songs of yore re-sung.

The woods shall wave on mountains
And grass beneath the sun;
His wealth shall flow in fountains
And the rivers golden run.

The streams shall run in gladness,
The lakes shall shine and burn,
And sorrow fail and sadness
At the Mountain-king's return!

[GandaIf The White]

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Re: back to it

Is it considered cheating to look in the Appendix with the list of Song names <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> I guess it would be, or this would be no fun. So I wont answer.

</p>

[HerenIstarion]

As I see it you are free to use any book you like. There is a special thread for those 'no-book-looking' quotes So go ahead :D

[GandaIf The White]

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Re: back to it

Well, I dont seem to know how to work the Appendixes reference to pages (something like: I, 413) because I have never tried before, but I did find it without much hard looking.

It was the men of the Lake-Town singing about Thorin &amp; Company. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> I thought it was Gimili singing in Moria at first.

__________________________________________________ _____________________________________________ “One of the candidates had mercifully left one of the pages with no writing on it ,which is the best thing that can possibly happen to an examiner, and I wrote on it: “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” Names always generate a story in my mind. Eventually I thought I’d better find out what hobbits were like. But that’s only the beginning.” - J.R.R. Tolkien.</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Correct. Your turn to enchant

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Re: Sing along...

Alive without breath;
as cold as death;
never thirsting, ever drinking;
clad in mail, never clinking.
Drowns on dry land,
thinks an island
is a mountain;
thinks a fountain
is a puff of air.
So sleek so fair!
What a joy to meet!


"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000064>GandaIf The White</A> at: 5/30/01 8:16:15 pm

[HerenIstarion]

Gollum about the fish :)

[GandaIf The White]

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Re: Sing along...

Correct.

I was going to write down the song that Sam sang in Cirith Ungol, and when I was finished, I looked back in the Forum and found it written 7 posts earlier. <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> Thought I might as well put the only song that Gollum sung.

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."</p>

[HerenIstarion]

The finest rockets ever seen:
they burst in stars of blue and green,
or after thunder golden showers
came falling like a rain of flowers.

[Sharkû]

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Re: Sing along...

Sam's proposal for an additional stanza to the lament for Gandalf the Grey.

'To open the eternal worlds, to open the immortal eyes of man inwards, into the worlds of thought, into Eternity.'</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Well said and well met indeed. proceed

[Sharkû]

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Re: Sing along...

'Grey now as tears, gleaming silver,
red then it rolled, roaring water:
foam dyed with blod flamed at sunset;
as beacons mountains burned at evening;
red fell the dew in Rammas Echor.'

'To open the eternal worlds, to open the immortal eyes of man inwards, into the worlds of thought, into Eternity.'</p>

[Telchar]

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Re: encantations... ?

Some minstrel of Rohan I guess!

Anar kaluva tielyanna!</p>

[Sharkû]

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Re: encantations... ?

Yes, unfortunately no name is handed down. Sing on!

'To open the eternal worlds, to open the immortal eyes of man inwards, into the worlds of thought, into Eternity.'</p>

[Telchar]

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Re: encantations... ?

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.

Anar kaluva tielyanna!</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Frodo, Pippin and Sam on the road to Crickhollow

[Telchar]

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Re: encantations... ?

Ohh Yes! go on <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> sorry for losing the thread!

Anar kaluva tielyanna!</p>

[HerenIstarion]

Over the land there lies a long shadow,
westward reaching wings of darkness.
The Tower trembles; to the tombs of kings
doom approaches. The Dead awaken;
for the hour is come for the oathbreakers;
at the Stone of Erech they shall stand again
and hear there a horn in the hills ringing.
Whose shall the horn be? Who shall call them
from the prey twilight, the forgotten people?
The heir of him to whom the oath they swore.
From the North shall he come, need shall drive him:
he shall pass the Door to the Paths of the Dead

[Elenhin]

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Re: encantations... ?

Are these the words of Malbeth the Seer, which were recited by Aragorn before entering the Paths of the Dead?

--
Elenhin

"My god, it's full of stars!"</p>

[HerenIstarion]

At last, here is the chosen one!

Proceed, for your answer is excellent

[Elenhin]

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Re: encantations... ?

Thanks <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

Who, where, and what is this all about?

First in Quenya:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr> Vanda sina termaruva Elenna-nóreo alcar enyalien ar Elendil Vorondo voronwe. Nai tiruvantes i hárar mahalmassen mi Númen ar i Eru i or ilye mahalmar ea tennoio.<hr></blockquote>
And then the same in Common Speech:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr> This oath shall stand in memory of the glory of the Land of the Star, and of the faith of Elendil the Faithful, in the keeping of those who sit upon the thrones of the West and of the One who is above all thrones forever.<hr></blockquote>

--
Elenhin

"My god, it's full of stars!"</p>

[Telchar]

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Re: encantations... ?

This is the words that Cirion 12th ruling steward of Gondor spoke to Eorl the Young on Halfirien.

BtW Elenhin, you did really good on &quot;the Trivia Quiz&quot; You only missed out on no. 2 and no. 9 - it is ok to take the quiz again ! <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)"> (Im telling you here so not too many will find out which is your 8 correct answers) <img src=cool.gif ALT="8)">

<img src=smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"> T

<marquee>It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes!!! ... Anar kaluva tielyanna!</marquee></p>

[Elenhin]

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Re: encantations... ?

That's right Telchar, and thanks <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

--
Elenhin

"My god, it's full of stars!"</p>

[Telchar]

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Re: encantations... ?

A wind by night in Nothern lands
Arose, and loud it cried,
And drove the ship from elven-strands
Across the streaming tide.

<marquee>It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes!!! ... Anar kaluva tielyanna!</marquee></p>

[HerenIstarion]

Legolas chanting the song of Nimrodel

[Telchar]

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Re: encantations... ? (2)

Indeed <img src=smile.gif ALT=":)">

<marquee>It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes!!! ... Anar kaluva tielyanna!</marquee></p>

[HerenIstarion]

His head was higher than the helm of kings
with heathen crowns, his heart keener
and his soul clearer than swords of heroes
polished and proven: than plated gold
his worth was greater.

Who, to whom, about whom

[Halbarad]

I have no idea. I haven't read home yet

[Telchar]

Im clueless but it sounds like it is about Elendil

[Joy]

H-I, It almost sounds like a quote from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. But, would you go that route??? smilies/confused.gif

[Bruce MacCulloch]

Are you sure it isn't HoME?
It sounds suspiciously Lays-ish.

[HerenIstarion]

It ain't Sir Gawain and ain't HoME, yet Joy is on the right path

[Joy]

H-I, a hint, por favor!!!! I have wracked my brain over this! HELP!!!

[HerenIstarion]

well, the one whom the verse speaks of was historical person

[Joy]

I know that Tolkien wrote of Beowulf in The Monsters and the Critics. So I now guess that it could be Beowulf. I am going to have to get that book now.

[HerenIstarion]

nay, but closer

[Joy]

SAID BY TORHTHELM TO TIDWALD ABOUT BEORHTNOTH, BEORTHELM'S SON, WHO IS DEAD.

SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS-LOCK. THE KEY IS STUCK. I'LL HAVE TO SEE IF I CAN FIX IT.

[Joy]

Sorry about that. The quote is from The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.

Man, that was a good on H-I!! smilies/biggrin.gif

It took me forever. When you said Beowulf was closer. I took a look at that name. I remembered that I read somewhere that Beorn, from the Hobbit, was closed related to Beowulf in meaning - Something like Bee wolf and Bee.

I started to look though his bibliograph and noted The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth. I found it online at Beorhtnoth (http://www.tolkien.karlson.ru:8101/audio/tolk/beorhtnoth.html).

As I read it, I came across some of my favorite tales, Sir Gawain, Beowulf and the Battle of Maldon.

Hey, thanks for making me dig, I was reunited with some of the classics because of that.

[HerenIstarion]

The pleasure was all mine :)
absolutely correct, go ahead

Btw, nice number of posts you have right now - 333

[Joy]

Who said this and to whom?

Come forth, O monstruous craven lord,
and fight with thine own hand and sword,
thou wielder of hosts of banded thralls,
thou tyrant leaguered with strong walls,
thou foe of Gods and elvish race!
I wait thee here. Come! Show thy face!'

[Eowyn of Ithilien]

Fingolfin to Melkor?

[Joy]

Very good Eowny, your turn.

[Eowyn of Ithilien]

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

[ March 09, 2002: Message edited by: Eowyn of Ithilien ]

[Joy]

The Dwarves song in "The Unexpected Party" The Hobbit.

[Weber]

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[Weber]

sorry smilies/frown.gif

[Eowyn of Ithilien]

your turn Joy smilies/smile.gif

[Joy]

Whose song is this:

There daffodils amoung the ordered trees
Did nod in Spring, and men laughed deep and long
Singing as they laboured happy lays
And lighting even with a drinking song.

[ March 13, 2002: Message edited by: Joy ]

[Joy]

Anybody???? Need a clue. It is in HoME.

[Joy]

Anyone? I know someone here can find this one!

[HerenIstarion]

That's Eriol chanting about his journey to Lonelt Isle:

In unknown days my fathers' sires
Came, and from son to son took root
Among the orchards and the river-meads
And the long grasses of the fragrant plain:
Many a summer saw they kindle yellow fires
Of flaglilies among the bowing reeds,
And many a sea of blossom turn to golden fruit
In walled gardens of the great champain.
There daffodils among the ordered trees
Did nod in spring, and men laughed deep and long
Singing as they laboured happy lays
And lighting even with a drinking-song


and so on

[Joy]

Finnaly!!! YEAH!!!! Your turn.

[HerenIstarion]

well, due to the law of undulation, next one will be easy :


Sing all ye joyful, now sing all together?
The wind's in the free-top, the wind's in the heather;
The stars are in blossom, the moon is in flower,
And bright are the windows of Night in her tower.
Dance all ye joyful, now dance all together!
Soft is the grass, and let foot be like feather!
The river is silver, the shadows are fleeting;
Merry is May-time, and merry our meeting.

Sing we now softly, and dreams let us weave him!
Wind him in slumber and there let us leave him!
The wanderer sleepeth. Now soft be his pillow!
Lullaby! Lullaby! Alder and Willow!

Sigh no more Pine, till the wind of the morn!
Fall Moon! Dark be the land!
Hush! Hush! Oak, Ash, and Thorn!
Hushed be all water, till dawn is at hand

[alaklondewen]

Is it what the Elves of Rivendell sang to BIlbo on his quest? There were singing outside of his window.

THis one will be easy:
Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
that washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is a noble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain,
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

[Lostgaeriel]

Yeah, this one is very easy. I resisted answering for a day to let the newbies have a chance to play. But...

It was Pippin singing one of Bilbo's favourite bath-songs at the house in Crickhollow. Funny how fears of Black Riders disappear when you're splashing in the tub. "Rubber Ducky, you're the one..." smilies/biggrin.gif

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

[alaklondewen]

Good job! Got anything up your sleeve??

[Lostgaeriel]

Yeah, I hope this counts as an incantation, song or verse - it's a riddle I guess. Not too hard.

Ere iron was found or tree was hewn,
When young was mountain under moon;
Ere ring was made, or wrought was woe,
It walked the forests long ago.

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

[alaklondewen]

THe Ents!! (Treebeard is one of my favorite ME dwellers)

Okay, who sang about who?

An Elven-maid there was of old,
A shining star by day:
Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
Her shoes of silver-grey.

[Lostgaeriel]

Great alaklondewen! That was the easy part. But who said it (and to whom, and where and when)? The original thread, "encantations... ?" required "who + all the circumstances".

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

[Lostgaeriel]

Hi again alaklondewen! While I'm waiting for you to answer mine, I'll answer yours! That's Legolas singing the "song of the maiden Nimrodel, who bore the same name as the stream beside which she lived long ago. ... It is long and sad, for it tells how sorrow came upon Lothlórien, Lórien of the Blossom, when the Dwarves awakened evil in the mountains."

[alaklondewen]

Please accept my apologies, Lostgaeriel! Gandalf said Ere iron was found or tree was hewn . He said it to King Theoden, I believe, after Helm's Deep, when the enemy was driven into the "army of trees". King Theoden thought it was some kind of "magic" of Gandalf's.

Is all of that right?

[Lostgaeriel]

Exactly right! I knew you knew it. That scene reminds me of "The Scottish Play". A walking forest "magically" appearing at a fortress to fight the enemy.

Did I get yours right?

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

[alaklondewen]

You answered with perfection. I'm not familiar with "The Scottish Play" (is this something that is just going over my head), but I would love to know about other "magical" trees.

I also would like another verse, if you have any.

[Lostgaeriel]

Oh, you know "The Scottish Play". It's by Shakespeare. M-a-c-b-e-t-h. smilies/biggrin.gif I don't want to say it out loud in case there's an actor reading this! It's bad luck for actors to say or hear the name of the play. smilies/evil.gif

OK. Here's another encantation. Who said it is easy. Where and/or when?

The cold hard lands,
they bites our hands,
they gnaws our feet.
The rocks and stones
are like old bones
all bare of meat.
But stream and pool
is wet and cool:
so nice for feet!
And now we wish ---

The difficult part of this game is finding one that hasn't already been used.

[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: Lostgaeriel ]

[alaklondewen]

I do believe it was Gollum's 'feetses' that were cooled by the Marshes, as he lead Frodo and Sam toward Morder.

Give me a minute and I have another for you.

[alaklondewen]

I'm sure this one will be a piece of cake for you, but here it goes:

Burn, burn tree and fern!
Shrivel and scorch! A fizzling torch
To light the night for our delight,
Ya hey!

[Lostgaeriel]

Woooo! That sounds a little like "Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble." Weird.

That's from The Hobbit, Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire. (Geesh, I've read it only once, almost 30 years ago. I don't remember the story very well. I have to find the italicized bits of verse and read the context before and after!) That's the goblins singing to Gandalf (and Bilbo and the Dwarves) as they sit in the trees where they had gone to escape the wolves/wargs, while the goblins start fires at the base of the trees.

[Avyniea]

From The Hobbit, the goblins and wargs dancing around trees they had set fire to. Where Bilbo, Thorin & Co., and Gandalf were hiding.

And i needed something easy to break me back in =)

[Avyniea]

Please excuse me, Lostgaeriel posted while i was writing my own post.

Forgive me this.

[Lostgaeriel]

Please give this one to Avyniea. She's a newbie and it was a tie - same time 11:25. Besides, I don't think I have the energy to look up another quote, let alone type it.

[alaklondewen]

Great job! both of you. I must return for the evening to my melorn tree. I hope to pick up tomorrow.

Thanks for entertaining me Lostgaeriel.

[Avyniea]

That is very kind of you Lostgaeriel, but i am not new here. I quoted here alot a year ago under the nick 'as eowyn'. Please take it if you want it.

[HerenIstarion]

It's all very nice how you people managed to go on :)

Yet, alaklondewen, a bit of technical stuff: one answering usually waits for a confirmation of his right answer to continue.

[alaklondewen]

HerenIstarion, forgive me, I'm still new to all this. smilies/smile.gif

[HerenIstarion]

I was not angry at all :), just a note on rules. Go on with the new one and welcome to the BD

[alaklondewen]

Thank you very much!
I had an errand there: gathering water-lilies,
green leaves and lilies white to please my pretty lady,
the last ere the year's end to keep them from the winter,
to flower by her pretty feet till the snows are melted.

[Belegfanaion]

Hey! I know this one! It's from "In the House of Tom Bombadil" and he sings it Merry, Pippin, Frodo, and Sam as they are about to go to sleep in his house. Frodo asked, "Did you hear me calling... or was it just chance that brought you at that moment?" and Tom tells him that he was only over there because he had an errand there.

[alaklondewen]

You are right! Welcome to the 'Downs! Enjoy your time here, and post often! smilies/smile.gif

Okay, your turn. smilies/smile.gif

[Belegfanaion]

Okay, here's your next encantation:

Doom drove them on. Darkness took them, horse and hoofman; hoofbeats afar sank into silence: so the songs tell us.

Good luck! smilies/wink.gif

[Mat_Heathertoes]

That was a few staves of the Rohirrim song composed after the great events of the Lord of the Rings but included in the chapter "The Muster of Rohan".

[ April 15, 2002: Message edited by: Mat_Heathertoes ]

[Belegfanaion]

Very nice - I thought it wouldn't fool all of you LOTR-obsessed-people! smilies/biggrin.gif Your go!

[Samwise Greenhand]

My own little diddy from my own mind.

The third age
was ruled by men
A time when battles
were fought ten by ten.

The fight was long
the good prevailed
when they returned
as hero's they were hailed

But was that battle
so pure and right
did they have to
go and fight?

Was their leader
courageous and strong
or did lead his men
to fight in the wrong.

this is the question
we all must ask
to know what to do when
we are called for the task

should we trust
or should we choose
is this a battle
we can afford to lose

are we right
or just crazy foes
could we see
where the battle goes

From my point of
a hobbit here
the problem is
coming very near

We need to worry
are we next
is this world
permanently hexed

we must fight back
we must defend
we must attack
from around the bend

it may be time
to use action
we are not just a
small faction

there are many
of us
we can stand
we must fuss

time to live
time to die
time for us
to show them why

why we must stand
up for ourselves
it'll be us
and the elves

Men and their kind
ruin this place
this is my time
to make our case

I leave you now
to sit and think
nudge, nudge
wink, wink

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[alaklondewen]

Mat? Hello?

OK, if he doesn't answer, it has been over a week, and I would like to continue. Does anyone care?

[Mat_Heathertoes]

Sorry, about that ... here's one ...

The wind wails, The wolf howls, The ravens flee, The ice mutters in the mouth of the Sea.

[latando angaina]

that must be Sauron competeng with Felagund

[Mat_Heathertoes]

Indeed it is. Please go on.

[latando angaina]

well, not so hard, yet one of my favorite poems:
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 Guard shall ever northward gaze
To Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, until the end of days.'

[quote]

[Joy]

That is Boromir's Death Song, from The Two Towers chapter "The Departure of Boromir." It was sung by Aragorn and Legalos. Also called "The Lament of the Winds."

[ June 13, 2002: Message edited by: Joy ]

[latando angaina]

<font color="red"><marquee>yeh, that's absolutely correct. you serve smilies/smile.gif </marquee>

[Joy]

Thank you smilies/smile.gif

In western lands beneath the sun
the flowers my rise in Spring,
the trees may bud, the waters fun,
the merry finches sing.
Or there maybe 'tis cloudless night
and swaying beeched bear
the Elven-stars as jewels white
amid their branching hair.

Though here at journey's end I lie
in darkness buried deep,
beyond all towers strong and high
beyond all mountians steep,
above all showdows rides the Sun
and Stars for ever dwell:
I will not say the Day is done
nor bid the Stars farewell.

[merlilot]

Why is it whenever I go to a thread either all the quotes have been answered or I haven't read the book it is from? I am cursed.

[Joy]

Merlilot, It is from LotR. I won't say which book yet. I'll give you two days,then I'll tell you which book.

[merlilot]

oops. Didn't realize there was another page. Believe me, I know that one. It's Sam's Song, which he sings in the Tower of Cirith Ungol as he gives up on ever finding Frodo. I have this one memorized. ...Beyond all towers strong and high, beyond all mountains steep, above all shadows rides the sun, blablabla... smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Joy]

Yep, you're right merlilot

[merlilot]

OK, here ya go...

Who now shall refill the cup for me?


Yes it is a poem...I am being Wicked! Tricksy! False! smilies/biggrin.gif

[Joy]

That is too easy! Si man i yulma nin equantuva? smilies/biggrin.gif That is Galadriel from the "Lament of Galadriel" also called Namarië.

[ June 27, 2002: Message edited by: Joy ]

[merlilot]

Yup. Man....I just can't fool you guys!

[Joy]

Sorry, lost this thread and left the board for a time.

Farewell sweet earth and northern sky,
forever blest, since here did lie
and here with lissom limbs did run
beneath the Moon, beneath the Sun......

[ September 20, 2002: Message edited by: Joy ]

[Glorfinniel the Lost]

Is it part of Beren's "Farewell" song to the world, from the Lay of Leithan?

[ September 20, 2002: Message edited by: Glorfinniel the Lost ]

[Joy]

Yes it is, though that part of the Lay is in the Silmarillion.

Your turn.

[Glorfinniel the Lost]

Who says this, and to whom?

"Then whither go ye, boatmen fair, down the river gliding? To twilight and to secret lair in the great forest hiding? To Northern isles and shores of stone on strong swans flying, by cold waves to dwell alone with the white gulls crying?"

[merlilot]

Is that part of the song that Aragorn and Legolas sing when they send Boromir down the River?

[Joy]

It sounds like something from UT, though I have only read part of it.

It reminds me of the compainions of Eärendil that accompianied him to Valinor when he sought the aid of the Valar for Middle Earth. I just wish that I could remember their names.


Edit:::: Just did a little search - smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

It is part of the Last Ship from the Tolkien Reader. It is Firiel's Song as the Elves seeking Elvenhome.

Nay!' they answered. 'Far away
on the last road faring,
leaving western havens grey,
the seas of shadow daring,
we go back to Elvenhome,
where the White Tree is growing,
and the Star shines upon the foam
on the last shore flowing.

'To mortal fields say farewell,
Middle-earth forsaking!
In Elvenhome a clear bell
in the high tower is shaking.
Here grass fades and leaves fall,
and sun and moon wither,
and we have heard the far call
that bids us journey thither'.

[ September 23, 2002: Message edited by: Joy ]

[Glorfinniel the Lost]

Right you are Joy! I was hoping no one had read the poem but anyway, your turn. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Joy]

Okay - where is this from and who is it concerning??

"Wilt thou leran the lore that was long secret"

[Glorfinniel the Lost]

Pure luck I read this chapter earlier smilies/smile.gif
Anyway, this is part of a poem from the chapter entitled "The Istari" from Unfinished Tales and concerns The Istari and Manwë and Varda's concerns about the future of ME.

[HerenIstarion]

forgive me if I meddle in your affairs smilies/smile.gif, but, since I deem Glorifinniel is right, I'll post the verse in full (I like it much):

Will thou learn the lore /that was long secret
of the Five that came
/ from a far country?
One only returned.
/ Others never again
under Men's dominion
/ Middle-earth shall seek
until Dagor Dagorath
/ and the Doom cometh.
How hast thou heard it:
/ the hidden counsel
of the Lord of the West
/ in the land of Aman?
The long roads are lost
/ that led thither,
and to mortal Men
/ Manwë speaks not.
From the West–that–was
/ a wind bore it
to the sleeper's ear,
/ in the silences
under night-shadow,
/ when news is brought
from lands forgotten
/ and lost ages
over seas of years
/ to the searching thought.
Not all are forgotten
/ by the Elder King.
Sauron he saw
/ at a slow menace ....

[Joy]

Muy Bueno, Glorfiniel and HI!

[merlilot]

I don't think that will do much good if they are not Spanish (which I doubt).

[Glorfinniel the Lost]

I'll take that as something good Joy smilies/biggrin.gif

Which book is this from and who(or what) does it concern?

In the twilight by the river on a hollow thing of shell He made immortal music, till my heart beneath his spell Was broken in the twilight, and the meadows faded dim To great grey waters heaving round the rocks where sea-birds swim.

[ October 05, 2002: Message edited by: Glorfinniel the Lost ]

[Legolas]

Ylmir

The Shaping of Middle-earth (HoME IV)

[HerenIstarion]

you take it as something "very good", Glorfinniel :)

BTW, answer is given

[Legolas]

Beneath the Moon and under star
he wandered far from northern strands,
bewildered on enchanted ways
beyond the days of mortal lands.


Who, where, and about what?

[HerenIstarion]

Bilbo's Lay of Eärendil, Imladris, Fall 3018 TA

[HerenIstarion]

BTW, just memo om general guidelines: one usually waits for a confirmation of previous qustion poser to proceed. Usual time of waiting - one week (at least) (Not that I suspect your answer of being incorrect, Legalos)

Sorry if it was I to tempt you, my remark (answer is given) was addressed to Glorfinniel the Lost to urge his confirmation

[Glorfinniel the Lost]

Sorry about that Legalos smilies/smile.gif You are correct!
Thank you for the reminder HI.

[ October 12, 2002: Message edited by: Glorfinniel the Lost ]

[Legolas]

I though you meant "[correct] answer is given" and since you started the thread, I presumed you to be king of it. smilies/wink.gif

Thanks, Glorf...

HI, you're correct. Go on.

[HerenIstarion]

Nay, I am not. General rules for everybody.

Well, since that's settled:

'Go home, go home
'I never invited you

[Dúnethalath Taurendor]

Bilbo, I think

[HerenIstarion]

Nay, he was more polite :)
BTW, welcome to the Downs

[Dúnethalath Taurendor]

Well, in that case, I don't remember...

[-Imrahil-]

Throw us a hint?

[HerenIstarion]

That was sang by a person whose looks were horrible, but heart was golden...

[HerenIstarion]

More than an year since, yet still:

That was said (sung) by non-human to quite a number of hobbits, but not elf, nor dwarf, nor ent or eagle he was, neither balrog or ork or goblin or warg but... guess who's omitted?

[Guinevere]

It is the lonely troll in "Perry- the- Winkle"

(I couldn't resist answering that one. But I won't be able to find a new quote that is a challenge for you HerenIstarion! ;) )

[HerenIstarion]

Yes, that's him

As for the 'that is a challenge for you', thats remains to be seen :)

Take it over :)

[Guinevere]

Well, I will do my best... ;)
And launching his bark like a silver spark
From the golden-fading sand.
Down the sunlit breath of Day's fiery death
He sped from Westerland.

[Mithalwen]

The man in the moon?

[Guinevere]

No

[Son of Númenor]

That is part of Tolkien's Eala Earendel Engla Beorhtast, and is about Eärendil the Mariner.

[Guinevere]

"The voyage of Earendel the Evening Star" was written 1914

[Son of Númenor]

Sorry about the lateness. Here's a nice one:
And O! the row of silver dishes
and the store of silver spoons!
For Sunday there's a special pair,
And these they polish up with care
on Saturday afternoons.

[HerenIstarion]

The song Frodo sings in the Prancing Pony (cow jumped over the moon, that lot), just before slipping and disappearing

[Son of Númenor]

That was too easy.

:smokin:

[HerenIstarion]

sort of :)

but I'll play nasty in my turn:

We knew that land once, You and I,
and once we wandered there
in the long days now long gone by,
a dark child and a fair.
Was it on the paths of firelight thought
in winter cold and white,
or in the blue-spun twilit hours
of little early tucked-up beds
in drowsy summer night,
that you and I in Sleep went down
to meet each other there,
your dark hair on your white nightgown
and mine was tangled fair?

[Son of Númenor]

The Little House of Lost Play, sir.

[HerenIstarion]

Not that nasty, than :)

Pray take it over

[Son of Númenor]

Not nearly nasty 'nough. ;)

Speaking of nasty, here's a passage that fits the definition:You sink into the slime, who dare
To knock upon their door,
While down the grinning gargoyles stare
And noisome waters pour.

[HerenIstarion]

Don't have my books on me, but sounds ominous. Mewlips?

[Son of Númenor]

:smokin:

[HerenIstarion]

er, thank you :)

next to go:

Pay heed to sailors' ancient lore,
Set foot on no uncharted shore!

[Son of Númenor]

Off the top of my head, I'd say Bombadil Goes Boating or Fastitocalon. I shall go with the latter.

[HerenIstarion]

the latter it is, that is Fastitocalon :)

[Son of Númenor]

"Though spring and summer wear and fade,
though flowers fall and leaves are laid,
and winter winds his trumpet loud,
and snows both fell and forest shroud,
though roaring seas upon the shore
go long and white, and neath the door
the wind cries with houseless voice,
in fire and song yet men rejoice,
till as a ship returns to port
the spring comes back to field and court."

[PaleStar]

*blinks*
I have no clue at all...

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

It's from The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun.

[Son of Númenor]

Correct.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

This is 100% by volume:San ninqeruvisse lútier
kiryasse Earendil or vea,
ar laiqali linqi falmari
langon veakiryo kírier;
wingildin o silqelosseën
alkantaméren úrio
kalmainen; i lunte linganer,
tyulmin talalínen aiqalin
kautáron, i súru laustaner.

[Son of Númenor]

I believe that is the poem Earendel, found in The Monsters and the Critics. The line "kiryasse Earendil or vea" narrows it down a bit.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

That's the one. Maybe giving the entire poem made it a bit obvious. To be precise, it's in A Secret Vice.

[Son of Númenor]

"Though sword shall be rusted,
And throne and crown perish"

[HerenIstarion]

ah, one of my favvies :)

in the Hobbit, elves do sing a lot of didactic stuff of the kind:

The dragon is withered,
His bones are now crumbled;
His armour is shivered,
His splendour is humbled!
Though sword shall be rusted,
And throne and crown perish
With strength that men trusted
And wealth that they cherish,
Here grass is still growing,
And leaves are yet swinging,
The white water flowing,
And elves are yet singing
Come! Tra-la-la-lally!
Come back to the valley!

The stars are far brighter
Than gems without measure,
The moon is far whiter
Than silver in treasure:
The fire is more shining
On hearth in the gloaming
Than gold won by mining,
So why go a-roaming?
O! Tra-la-la-lally
Come back to the Valley.

O! Where are you going,
So late in returning?
The river is flowing,
The stars are all burning!
O! Whither so laden,
So sad and so dreary?
Here elf and elf-maiden
Now welcome the weary
With Tra-la-la-lally
Come back to the Valley,
Tra-la-la-lally
Fa-la-la-lally
Fa-la!

This particular lot were hedonists, for sure!

[PaleStar]

Who's next? I'd actually like to try answer one of these correctly.

[HerenIstarion]

I suppose it'd be me, once SoN confirms my answer (or it would not, if he debunks it, but I suppose it's safe bet I've got it right) :)

Patience, just a little bit of patience...

[Son of Númenor]

Your go, H-I. :)

[HerenIstarion]

Blessed are the timid hearts that evil hate,
that quail in its shadow, and yet shut the gate;
that seek no parley, and in guarded room,
though small and bare, upon a clumsy loom
weave tissues gilded by the far-off day
hoped and believed in under Shadow's sway.

[Evisse the Blue]

From Mythopoeia.

[HerenIstarion]

corrrrect!

Take it over :)

[Evisse the Blue]

the sea heaving,
the abyss yawing,
the old darkness
beyond the stars falling

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

This is from Tolkien's translation of his poem Oilima Markirya (The Last Ark) from A Secret Vice.

[Bêthberry]

Squatter,

Who shall make such a grave rebuke?

Wylkynsion? or the Travestometre?

Show us how 'tis done. ;)

Beth

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Actually this is easier than it looks.

1: I post 'I have absolutely no idea whence came those words...erm...eth'.
2: Someone who's been around for a while, probably that reprobate Underhill, posts 'Wait a minute: didn't you read that poem over Tolkien's grave last February, resulting in the invention of the Travest-o-Meter ©® (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=4544)?'
4: I skip point number three to avoid accidentally typing in a pound sign.
5: Wylkynsion mumbles 'you berk,' but only Etceteron hears him, so it's a wasted comment.
6: The Travest-o-Meter ©® detects the presence of a talking black sword made by Eöl in an RPG, factors in its terrible South London accent, and explodes.
7: Another major city bites the dust.

So endeth the lesson. :smokin:

[Evisse the Blue]

Thanks for the link. Whoa. Beautiful. Everybody should check out this link! I mean, if you're clueless like me and haven't done so already...
Treat us with the next, Squatter.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Hearken to the song of the purists. ;)

Heart shall be bolder, harder be purpose,
more proud the spirit as our power lessens!
Mind shall not falter nor mood waver,
though doom shall come and dark conquer.

[Evisse the Blue]

I think that's from The Homecoming of Beorhnoth, though I wouldn't wager my head.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Revolving as do the governments of banana republics.

It's one of Torhthelm's lines near the end.

The turnover here is getting silly. Better make yours nasty, Evisse.

[Evisse the Blue]

"Dread was their master. Dark and silent,
long years forlorn, lonely waited."

[Bêthberry]

Indeed, Squatter, your lines are not Tolkien's. They are derivative, a translation. A petty point perhaps.

[Evisse the Blue]

Oh, come on. Is it that nasty?
Hint: check out your Lost Tales.

[tinka]

Hi...
I know this is kinda off the subject, but I've been looking all over, and time is starting to ru out. I'm writing a paper on Tolkien that will determine my entire English grade. And I really need to find Firiel's Song, both in Elvish and in English. Can someone help me? I would be forever grateful...

[Evisse the Blue]

"But still the sunken stars appear
In dark and windless Mirrormere"

[Dimturiel]

The song of Durin sang by Gimli in Moria. :cool:

[Evisse the Blue]

Yup!

[Dimturiel]

And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.

Enjoy!

[The Sixth Wizard]

I haven't got the book with me, but was it the song of Earendil in the house of Elrond or somewhere like it?

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Bah, no, this is from the lay of Beren&Lúthien, Aragon singing it on Weathertop.