VE-02: Even if the curse of Mim brought eventual doom upon the Havens via the Nauglamir, the Silmaril may simultaneously have brought blessing. I definitely still vote for keeping it.
VE-11: Findegil wrote:
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The destination of the mariners was in the east, since they sought "sparks of orient fire".
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There silent boats go by into the West
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And in any case, why would the Sleeper in the Tower of Pearl see boats coming from Valinor and heading east?
It is "orient" spark, I think, because it comes from the Sun, which rises in the east.
That Tolkien revised it in 1940 does not necessarily mean that he considered it canonically valid at that point.