Most 'powerful' lines of Ea....

[Maéglin]

Gil-galad was an Elvenking,
of whom the harpers sadly sing,
The last whose realm was fair and free
between the mountains and the sea.

Gil-galad, always seemed like such an enigma to me. I mean, the son of Fingon must have been a great Elf. Strange how he didn't find a spouse to continue the lineage of the Noldorin Kings in Middle Earth. Too bad the Lay of Gil-galad was never completed by Tolkien [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
And whatever happened to Aiglos the 'ice spear.' Was it lost in the end of the Second Age?

[ August 14, 2003: Message edited by: Maéglin ]

[Yavanna228]

Here are some words from the Akallabeth:

The Doom of the World, they said, One alone can change who made it. And were you so to voyage that escaping all deceits and snares you came indeed to Aman, the Blessed Realm, little would it profit you. For it is not the land of Manwe that makes its people deathless, but the Deathless that dwell therein have hallowed the land; and there you would but wither and grow weary the sooner, as moths in a light too strong and steadfast.
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Indeed, the mind of Iluvatar concerning you is not known to the Valar, and he has not revealed all things that are to come. But this we hold to be true, that your home is not here, neither in the Land of Aman nor anywhere within the Circles of the World. And the Doom of Men, that they should depart, was at first a gift of Iluvatar. It became a grief to them only because coming under the shadow of Morgoth it seemed to them that they were surrounded by great darkness, of which they were afraid; and some grew wilful and proud and would not yield, until life was reft from them. We who bear the ever-mounting burden of the years do not clearly understand this; but if that grief has returned to trouble you, as you say, then we fear that the Shadow arises once more and grows again in your hearts. Therefore, though you be the Dunedain, fairest of Men, who escaped from the Shadow of old and fought valiantly against it, we say to you: Beware! The will of Eru may not be gainsaid; and the Valar bid you earnestly not to withhold the trust to which you are called, lest soon it become again a bond by which you are constrained. Hope rather that in the end even the least of your desires shall have fruit. The love of Arda was set in your hearts by Iluvatar, and he does not plant to no purpose. Nonetheless, many ages of Men unborn may pass ere that purpose is made known; and to you it will be revealed and not to the Valar.

Long, but good.
Peace

[Firnantoonion]

the sentence when merry sounds his horn in the scouring of the shire:

awake! awake! fear! fire! foes! awake! fear! fire! foes!

[Earendil Halfelven]

Call me a weirdo but here's my favorite line.

He drew a deep breath. "Well, I'm back," he said.

-Sam Gamgee, LoTR: RoTK, The Grey Havens

I don't know but there's just something about that being the last line of the whole trilogy.

[Morwen]

The following passage from the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen is moving:

"But let us not be overthrown at the final test, who of old renounced the Shadow and the Ring. In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! We are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory. Farewell!"

"Estel, Estel!" she cried, and with that even as he took her hand and kissed it, he fell into sleep. Then a great beauty was revealed in him, so that all who after came there looked on him in wonder; for they saw that the grace of his youth, and the valour of his manhood, and the wisdom and majesty of his age were blended together. And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world."