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04-18-2006, 03:51 PM | #1 |
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Lay of Leithian Fans Unite!
Are you a lover of Tolkien's literature? Are you are a lover of his poetry? Do you think the Lay of Leithian is ****ing awesome? Then this is the thread for you! All Leithianers, come together and spread the word! Bring the true Light, the beauty of this most sacred Lay to the heathen non-Tolkienites, to the "I've only read the Lord of the Rings" folk, and especially to the blasphemous "The Lord of the Rings was based on a book?" heretics.
Unite, Leithianers, and Proselytise! (Also, discuss your favourite parts, and the singular beauty of this text among yourselves.)
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04-18-2006, 04:03 PM | #2 |
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*raises hand*
I am! I am! I do! But, it's late in the night here... I'll come back tomorrow with a fresher and probably functioning brain, I promise... ...wandering music, warbling wild, for love of Thingol's elfin child....
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04-18-2006, 04:34 PM | #3 |
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Thu chanted a song of wizardry,
of piercing, opening, of treachery, revealing, uncovering, betraying. Then sudden Felagund there swaying sang in answer a song of staying, resisting, battling against power, of secrets kept, strength like a tower, of trust unbroken, of 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 Thu's chanting swelled, Felagund fought, and all the magic and and might he brought of Elfinesse into his words. Softly in the 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 Elvenland. ... ...and black the ravens sat and cried upon their banners black, and wide was heard their hideous chanting dread above the reek and trampled dead.
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04-18-2006, 04:41 PM | #4 |
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*raises hand* Oh, me! I love the poem! I have tons of favourite parts, but I don't own the book so I cannot quote them here. I like the beginning, where it is describing Luthien--very evocative and pretty.
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04-18-2006, 04:44 PM | #5 |
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My favourite section is the first one I cited. I have it (and a few lines after) more or less memorised. I had to look up "singing afar in Nargothrond," though.
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04-18-2006, 04:51 PM | #6 |
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Ooh! Ooh! I love that poem! I recited the first 2 cantos for my English class in 12th grade. We had to memorize a poem at least 8 lines long twice each semester. The record was something like 370 lines, so I went the whole hog and hit both cantos. It took 16 minutes to recite, and I was going fast... I think most of the class fell asleep. But DAMN that was fun.
A king there was in days of old Ere men yet walked upon the mold His power was reared in cavern's shade His hand was over glen and glade His shields were shining as the moon His lances keen of steel were hewn Enchantment did his realm enfold Where might and glory, wealth untold He wielded from his ivory throne In many pillared halls of stone. There beryl, pearl and opal pale And metal wrought like fishes' mail Buckler and corset, axe and sword And shining spears were laid in hoard. All these he had, and loved them less Than a maid once in Elfinesse For fairer than are born to men A daughter had he, Luthien. That might not be word-perfect, but it WAS 3 years ago... (and no, that's not all I remember, but it goes to a break).
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Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih... |
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