Finish the Song

[Narduewen]

He chanted a song of wizardy,
Of peircing, opening, of treachery,

Revealing, uncovering, betraying.
Then sudden Felegunnd there swaying
Sang in answer a song of staying,
Resisting, battling against power,
Of secrets kept, strength like atower,
And trust unbroken, freedom, escape;
Of changing and of shifting shape,
Of snares eluded, broken traps,
The prison opening, the chain that snaps.
Backwards and forwards swayed their song.
Reeling and foundering, as ever more strong
The chanting swelled, Felagund fought,
And all the magic and might he brought
Of Elvenesse into his words.
Softly inthe gloom they heard the birds
Singing afar in Nargothrond,
The sighing of the Sea beyond,
Beyond the western world, on sand,
On sand of pearls in Elven land.
Then the gloom gathered; darkness growing
In Valinor, the red blood flowing
Beside the Sea, where the Noldor dlew
The Foamriders, and stealing drew
Their white shis with their white sails
From lamplit havens. The wind wails,
The wolf howls. The ravens flee.
The ice mutters in the mouths of the Sea.
The captives sad in Angband mourn.
Thunder rumbles, the fires burn-
And Finrond fell before th throne.

This is part of the Lay of Luthein that shows of the power of Sauron.

[ September 28, 2003: Message edited by: Narduewen ]