Godward The Engagement Ring

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kings of Middle-earth. Gil-galad is Starlight in their tongue. With Elendil, the Elf-friend, he went to the land of———''No!' said Strider interrupting, 'I do not think that tale should be told now with the servants of the Enemy at hand. If we win through to the house of Elrond, you may hear it there, told in full.''Then tell us some other tale of the old days,' begged Sam; 'a tale about the Elves before the fading time. I would dearly like to hear rolled He walked alone and sorrowing.He peered between the hemlock-leaves And saw in wander flowers of goldUpon her mantle and her sleeves, And her hair like shadow following.Enchantment healed his weary feetmore about Elves; the dark seems to press round so close.''I will tell you the tale of Tinúviel,' said Strider, 'in brief - for it is a long tale of which the end is not known; and there are none now, except Elrond, that remember it aright as it was told of old. It is a fair tale, though it is sad, as are all the tales of Middle-earth, and yet it may lift up your hearts.' He was silent for some time, and then he began not to speak but to chant softly:The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,And in the glade a light was seen Of stars in shadow shimmeringa pipe unseen,And light of stars was in her hair, And in her raiment glimmering.
There Beren came from mountains cold, And lost he wandered under leaves,And where the Elven-river