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(Rohirrim poem for Eorl the Young)
"Where now is the horse and the rider?
Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk,
and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring,
and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and harvest
and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain,
like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West
behind the hills into shadow.
Who shall gather the smoke
of the dead wood burning,
Or behold the flowing years
from the Sea returning?"
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The Lord of the Rings
Part II. The Two Towers
Quotes from Tolkien's Novel
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| Rohan: Meeting with Éomer. |
" 'Then Éomer, son of Éomund, Third Marshal of Riddermark, let
Gimli the Dwarf, Glóin's son warn you against foolish words. You speak evil of that which is fair beyond
the reach of your thought, and only little wit can excuse you.' " |
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" 'We do not serve the Power of the Black Land far away, but neither are we yet at
open war with him; and if you are fleeing from him, then you had best leave this land. There is trouble now on all
our borders, and we are threatened; but we desire only to be free, and to live as we have lived, keeping our own, and
serving no foreign lord, good or evil. [...] What doom do you bring out of the North?' (Éomer)"
'The doom of choice,' said Aragorn. 'You may say this to Théoden, son of Thengel: open
war lies before him, with Sauron or against him. None may now live as they have lived, and few shall keep what they
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" 'Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?' (Éothain)
'A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will make the legends
of our time.' " |
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" 'Gandalf!' Éomer exclaimed. 'Gandalf Greyhame is known in the Mark; but his
name, I warn you, is no longer a password to the King's favour. He has been a guest in the land many times in the memory
of men, coming as he will, after a season, or after many years. He is ever the herald of strange events: a bringer of
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" 'But alas Gandalf will ride no longer. He fell into darkness in the Mines of Moria
and comes not again. [...] It is tidings more grievous than any in this land can understand, though it may touch them
sorely ere the year is much older', said Aragorn." |
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" 'It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown
strange. [...] How shall a man judge what to do in such times?' (Éomer)
'As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are
they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It's a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden
Wood as in his own house.'
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" 'And I will come too,' said Gimli. 'The matter of the Lady Galadriel lies still
between us. I have yet to teach you gentle speech.'
'We shall see,' said Éomer. 'So many strange things have chanced that to learn the praise
of a fair lady under the loving strokes of a Dwarf's axe will seem no great wonder.' "
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" 'But Gandalf chose to come himself, and he was the first to be lost,' answered
Gimli. 'His foresight failed him.'
'The counsel of Gandalf was not founded on foreknowledge of safety, for himself or for others,'
said Aragorn. 'There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.' "
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"Legolas already lay motionless, his fair hands folded upon his breast, his eyes
unclosed, blending living night and deep dream, as is the way with Elves."
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