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Poems and Tales of Middle-Earth:
(detail of an illustration by Alan Lee) |
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Elves's welcome back song:
"The dragon is withered,
His bones are now crumbled;
His armour is shivered,
His splendour his humbled!
Though sword shall be rusted,
And throne and crown perish
With strength that men trusted
And wealth that they cherish,
Here grass is still growing,
And leaves are yet swinging,
The white water flowing,
And elves are yet singing
Come! Tra-la-la-lally!
Come back to the Valley!
The stars are far brighter
Than gems without measure,
The moon is far whiter
Than silver in treasure:
The fire is more shining
On hearth in the gloaming
Than gold won by mining,
So why go a-roaming?
O! Tra-la-la-lally
Come back to the Valley.
O! Where are you going,
So late in returning?
The river is flowing,
The stars are all burning!
O! Whither so laden,
So sad and so dreary?
Here elf and elf-maiden
Now welcome the weary
With Tra-la-la-lally
Come back to the Valley,
Tra-la-la-lally
Fra-la-la-lally
Fa-la!"
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The Lord of the Rings
Prelude. The Hobbit
Quotes from Tolkien's Novel
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There: The Aftermath.
This page contains many major plot spoilers so if you have not finished the novel,
you may want to stop reading and looking at these pictures now! |
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"All was deadly still. There was no call and no echo of a song. Sorrow seemed
to be in the air.
'Victory after all I suppose!' he [Bilbo] said, feeling his aching
head. 'Well it seems a very gloomy business.' " |
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"Bilbo knelt on one knee, filled with sorrow. 'Farewell, King under the Mountain'!
he said. 'This is a bitter adventure, if it must end so; and not a mountain of gold can amend it. Yet I am glad that
I have share in your perils - that has been more than any Baggins deserves.'
'No!' said Thorin,
'There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it
now. Farewell!'
Then Bilbo turned away, and he went by himself, and sat alone wrapped in a blanket, and
[...] he wept until his eyes were red and his voice was hoarse. He was a kindly little soul. Indeed it was long before
he had the heart to make a joke again." |
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"All that had happened after he was stunned, Bilbo learned later; but it gave him
more sorrow than joy, and he was now weary of his adventure. He was aching in his bones for the homeward journey." |
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" 'Very kind of you', said Bilbo. 'But really it is a relief to me. How on earth
should I have got all that treasure home without war and murder along the way, I don't know. And I don't know what
I should have done with it when I got home. I am sure it is better in your hands.' " |
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" 'I will take your gift, O Bilbo the Magnificent!', said the King gravely.
'And I name you elf-friend and blessed. May your shadow never grow less (or stealing would be too easy)!' " |
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