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davem · 03-20-2003, 08:32 AM

Just as an aside, the first one mentioned, The Battle of the Eastern Field, is, as far as I remember, a poem about a school cricket match, described in terms of a great battle. It was re-printed in Mallorn, a Tolkien Society(http://www.tolkiensociety.org/) magazine, back in the early 80's.

03-20-2003, 08:32 AM	#5
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Just as an aside, the first one mentioned, The Battle of the Eastern Field, is, as far as I remember, a poem about a school cricket match, described in terms of a great battle. It was re-printed in Mallorn, a Tolkien Society(http://www.tolkiensociety.org/) magazine, back in the early 80's. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."