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Legolas's Song of the Sea

J. R. R. Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien poetry, Christian, Christian poetry, Catholic poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry,  poetry by J. R. R. Tolkien
(1892 - 1973) Timeline

Original Language
English

Christian : Catholic
20th Century

To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
West, west away, the round sun is falling.
Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,
The voices of my people that have gone before me?

I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me;
For our days are ending and our years failing.
I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.
Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling,
Sweet are the voices of the Lost Isle calling,
In Eressea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover,
Where the leaves fall not: land of my people for ever!

 

 

-- from The Lord of the Rings: One Vol. Edition, by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Themes

  Honey
  Smile
  Sound
  Sun
  Water


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