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Evisse the Blue · 04-13-2004, 09:07 AM

Who did not speak this and when?

Quote:

Such sadness as is strange to us Elves.

HerenIstarion · 04-19-2004, 04:05 AM

A number of people may have had uttered it on number of occasions. Would you narrow it up a bit, please?

Evisse the Blue · 04-20-2004, 03:51 AM

Ok -
1. the word sadness is mentioned in the previous sentence
2. it's from LOTR

HerenIstarion · 04-21-2004, 01:22 AM

ah, that helps

May it be Legolas upon hearing the song of the Rohirrim?

Quote:

That, I guess, is the language of the Rohirrim,' said Legolas; 'for it is like to this land itself; rich and rolling in part, and else hard and stern as the mountains. But I cannot guess what it means, save that it is laden with the sadness of Mortal Men.Such sadness as is strange to us Elves.

Evisse the Blue · 04-22-2004, 06:23 AM

You are correct, sir!

HerenIstarion · 04-22-2004, 06:39 AM

on we go, than

Quote:

Green they were and pleasant, and now lie bare and empty, and no merry sound stirs this dreadful silence

Evisse the Blue · 04-26-2004, 01:48 AM

Tom Bombadil about the barrows?

04-19-2004, 04:05 AM	#2
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	A number of people may have had uttered it on number of occasions. Would you narrow it up a bit, please? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

04-20-2004, 03:51 AM	#3
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Ok - 1. the word sadness is mentioned in the previous sentence 2. it's from LOTR __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

04-22-2004, 06:23 AM	#5
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	You are correct, sir! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

04-26-2004, 01:48 AM	#7
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Tom Bombadil about the barrows? __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.