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Poems and Tales of Middle-Earth:
(illustration by John Howe) |
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the Elves's lullaby for Bilbo:
"Sing all ye joyful, now sing all together!
The wind's in the tree-top, the wind's in the heather;
The stars are in blossom, the moon is in flower,
And bright are the windows of Night in her tower.
Dance all ye joyful, now dance all together!
Soft is the grass, and let foot be like feather!
The river is silver, the shadows are fleeting;
Merry is May-time, and merry our meeting.
Sing we now softly, and dreams let us weave him!
Wind him in his slumber and there let us leave him!
The wanderer sleepeth. Now soft be his pillow!
Lullaby! Lullaby! Alder and Willow!
Sigh no more Pine, till the wind of the morn!
Fall moon! Dark be the land!
Hush! Hush! Oak, Ash, and Thorn!
Hushed be all water, till dawn is at hand!"
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The Lord of the Rings
Prelude. The Hobbit
Quotes from Tolkien's Novel
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Back: Rivendell.
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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"His house [Elrond's] was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work,
or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Evil things did
not come into that valley." |
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"It was in this way that he learned where Gandalf had been to; for he overheard
the words of the wizard to Elrond. It appeared that Gandalf had been to a great council of the white wizards, masters
of lore and good magic; and that they had at last driven the Necromancer from his dark hold in the south of Mirkwood." |
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" 'Well, Merry People!' said Bilbo looking out. 'What time by the moon is it?
Your lullaby would waken a drunken goblin! Yet I thank you.'
'And your snores would waken a stone dragon - yet we thank you,' they answered with
laughter." |
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