Help with source of poem

[maggie9]

At the end of the BBC dramatisation of LOTR is Bilbo's last song which begins
"Day is ended; dim my eyes
But journey's end before me lies."

There are several sites on the web which gives these lines but none gives a proper reference except to a book called Bilbo's last song illustrated by Pauline Baynes.

It's not in LOTR so is it a poem Tolkien rejected?

I'm no great Tolkien expert so apologies if this is a stupid question.

[Ñólendil]

Personally I'm rather fond of stupid questions as it gives me a chance to look intelligent. Unfortunately, this is not one. I've been rather curious about 'Bilbo's Last Song' too. I don't really know what that is about. But Pauline Baynes was Tolkien's favorite artist and he preferred her when he needed an illustrator.

[maggie9]

I've waited a while but nobody else has answered. But thanks for at least confirming that my confusion is not just the result of ignorance.

[Findegil]

I don't know why this was only posthumesly edited but it seams to be a original JRR Tolkien text. To find more about it look at this side under 1974:

http://www.forodrim.org/arda/tbchron.html

Regards
Findegil

[Tanoliel]

Originally posted by maggie9

At the end of the BBC dramatisation of LOTR

you mean you've heard it too? YAY! I though I was so alone...is it the BBC one with Iam Holm as Frodo? and Gerard Murphy narrating?
ANYWAY. Sorry. I just got rather excited.
I think you might just want to go to a big libarary somewhere and barrage the libararian with Tolkien questions. That's one of my favorite hobbies.
-tano