I cannot regard Elrond as bitter; his desire to keep his daughter is natural, for any parting will last beyond the ends of the earth...what parent could wish for that?
If he were truly bitter he would have forbidden the marriage...Elrond shares the "wisdom and sadness of the Elder Race" in a fuller measure than almost any other.
As for Elros...I agree with the Squatter, and can only say that immortality may come to be regarded as a curse.
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But of bliss and glad life there is little to be said, before it ends; as works fair and wonderful, while still they endure for eyes to see, are their own record, and only when they are in peril or broken for ever do they pass into song.
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