Gems from the 'Lesser Works' of JRRT

[alaklondewen]

Look what I found on the 3rd page! I've been meaning to revive this thread since I finally have my very own copies of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Leaf by Niggle.

This is from "Bombadil Goes Boating" from TAoTB:

Maybe to Brandywine along the Withywindle;
maybe friends of mind fire for me will kindle
down by the Hays-end. Little folk I know there,
kind at the day's end. Now and then I go there.

His reference to hobbits took me by suprise, even though I knew it was most likely written by those in Buckland.

This is from "Errantry" that is also from TAoTB:

He threaded gems in necklaces,
but recklessly she squandered them
and fell to bitter quarrelling;
then sorrowing he wandered on,
and there he left her withering,
as shivering he fled away;
with windy weather following
on swallow-wing he sped away.

Hmm...he sounds like some men I've dated. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]