11-06-2004, 02:35 PM | #21 |
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It really sucks that not all of his works were finished. If I remember correctly, his poetry on Hurin is also unfinished.
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11-06-2004, 03:57 PM | #22 |
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Yes... as was the Lay of Leithan, which was absolutely beautiful...
There was a king, in days of old...
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11-06-2004, 04:00 PM | #23 |
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And we're talking really, truly, absolutely beautiful poetry here.
Really.
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11-09-2004, 04:34 PM | #24 |
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I know. Lay of Leithian is the ultimate best of them all. I haven't read the whole one, all I could find up to now is bits and pieces, but I ordered
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11-10-2004, 01:57 AM | #25 | |
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I also love Húrin's defiance of Morgoth in the Lay of the Children of Húrin (I guess I just love it when good defies evil!)
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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11-10-2004, 02:44 AM | #26 | |
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11-10-2004, 02:47 AM | #27 | |
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11-12-2004, 02:53 PM | #28 |
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Another line I liked in Húrin - when Thingol, who had "dungeons filled with Elfin armouries of ancient gear", handled the helm from Morwin "as his hoard were scant".
It always seemed a courteous gesture to me, and I liked him better for it. And it's so sad when Beleg dies!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
11-12-2004, 05:40 PM | #29 | |
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I know, it is the saddest event that ever took place in ME
I think what makes Tolkien's poetry so wonderful is that he uses these extraordinary images. I can really picture everything he says. Quote:
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11-12-2004, 07:56 PM | #30 |
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OH, good for you, Lenya! And welcome to the Moot - I don't think I've said hello before
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
11-13-2004, 12:39 AM | #31 | |
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I also love the very end of the Lay of Leithian - when Beren and Lúthien are fleeing, and Carcharoth attacks, and Beren, having no weapon, puts himself in front of Lúthien and ... well, JRRT says it better, so :
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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11-13-2004, 04:26 AM | #32 |
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I like the first two lines of that.
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MY favourite is Bilbo's poem about journeys:
"The Road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, and I must follow, if I can, pursuing it with eager feet, until it joins some larger way where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say." Thanks to Think Exist for providing the quote, though they neglected to cite the page or the book. Alas, I have no books.
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11-15-2004, 09:06 PM | #34 |
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But long ago he rode away,
and where he dwelleth, none can say; for into darkness fell his star in Mordor, where the shadows are...
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
11-15-2004, 10:29 PM | #35 | |
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speaking of Beren first seeing Lúthien:
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
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11-18-2004, 05:13 AM | #36 |
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Thanx, and hi R*an. The end is stunning. Tolkien simply uses the best words to describe situations. I love it
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11-24-2004, 10:54 PM | #37 |
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i love the funny poems and songs tolkien made, the bath song they sing at crickhollow, sams song about tom talking to the troll, the one frodo sings at the prancing pony, and from the hobbit when the dwarves are putting the dishes away
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12-04-2004, 05:51 PM | #38 |
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My absolute favourite ( among many) is Bilbo's ( and Aragorn's) song of Earendil in the House of Elrond. " ..an errand that should never rest, to bear his shining lamp afar, the Flammifer of Westerness". Yup! that's a good one!
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12-04-2004, 06:45 PM | #39 |
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There's so many poems, and they're all so wonderful... it's hard to choose. But I think my favorite is the song Sam sings in the orc tower. It's something about the mix of hope and despair that attracts me...
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12-05-2004, 11:45 AM | #40 | |
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Listen to this part, from Lay of Leithian p.148 ln. 786 - 793
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