I cant see Sauron + Ring ever being a match for Morgoth the Black. After all, the ring has part of Sauron's original power in it. It doesnt exactly add to his power, it restores the power he let go to rule the rings.
And even with power diminished, Morgoth is still the mightiest of the Valar, with Sauron being only a lowly maiar he would have to step aside for the REAL Dark Lord. And that, In a word, would stink.
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There long the golden leaves have grown, upon the branching years, while here beyond the sundering seas, now fall the Elven-tears...
but if of ships I now would sing, what ship would come to me, what ship would bear me ever back, across so wide a sea?
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