[Bêthberry]

Hi Inkling,

Thanks for trying. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] I've played around with it myself. I also cannot get the caesura to space properly, so I've marked it by a double slash. This way, the stress of each line shows. I hope this helps.

Here's the poem:

Wilt 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's of the West // in the land of Aman?
The long roads are lost // that led tither,
and to mortal Men // Manwe 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 // a slow menace....

Bethberry