ah, tricksy ranger. Tried to fool me to think it was in The Hobbit! But, truly it was taken from Gandalf's recitation to Theoden, concerning Ents and Huorns:
Quote:
Ere iron was found or tree was hewn,
When young was mountain under moon;
Ere ring was made, or wrought was woe,
It walked the forests long ago.'
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So it is option 1, if you please