Faramir's vision of Boromir is powerful. I had forgottn how much so.
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'I sat at night by the waters of Anduin, in the grey dark under the young pale moon, watching the ever-moving stream; and the sad reeds were rustling....But that night all the world slept at the midnight hour. Then I saw, or it seeme that I saw, a boat floating on the water, glimmering grey, a small boat of a strange fashion with a high prow, and there was non to row or steer it.
'An awe fell on me, for a pale light was round it.....Then the boat turned towards me, and stayed its pace, and floated slowly by within my hand's reach, yet I durst not handle it. It waded deep, as if it were heavily burdened, and it seemed to me as it passed under my gaze that it was almost filled with clear water, from which came the light; and lapped in the water a warrior lay asleep.
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Visionary. Though Tolkien cordially disliked Shakespeare I see reminiscence of Ophilia here. I hope that doesn't ruin this for anybody. It's not Middle Earth come to life, per se, but this boat is given human qualities.
"Dreamlike it was, and yet no dream, for there was no waking." Beautiful.