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'''Elvish Song in Rivendell''' is a poem written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], probably dating from the early 1930s. Apparently, the poem was at some point intended by Tolkien to be included in the chapter "A Short Rest" from ''The Hobbit'', following the passage: "The [the elves] went into another song as rdiculous as the one I have written down in full." It exists in two versions, one untitled and titled. The latter (supposedly the latest) was published for the first ime by [[Douglas | '''Elvish Song in Rivendell''' is a poem written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], probably dating from the early 1930s. Apparently, the poem was at some point intended by Tolkien to be included in the chapter "A Short Rest" from ''The Hobbit'', following the passage: "The [the elves] went into another song as rdiculous as the one I have written down in full." It exists in two versions, one untitled and titled. The latter (supposedly the latest) was published for the first ime by [[Douglas A. Anderson]] in ''[[The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition]]'' (2002). | ||
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Come home, come home, ye merry folk! | Come home, come home, ye merry folk! | ||
The sun is sinking, and the oak | The sun is sinking, and the oak | ||
In gloom has wrapped his feet. | |||
Come home! The shades of evening loom | Come home! The shades of evening loom | ||
Beneath the hills, and palely bloom | Beneath the hills, and palely bloom | ||
Revision as of 19:10, 11 April 2010
Elvish Song in Rivendell is a poem written by J.R.R. Tolkien, probably dating from the early 1930s. Apparently, the poem was at some point intended by Tolkien to be included in the chapter "A Short Rest" from The Hobbit, following the passage: "The [the elves] went into another song as rdiculous as the one I have written down in full." It exists in two versions, one untitled and titled. The latter (supposedly the latest) was published for the first ime by Douglas A. Anderson in The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition (2002).
Excerpt (first stansa)
Come home, come home, ye merry folk!
The sun is sinking, and the oak
In gloom has wrapped his feet.
Come home! The shades of evening loom
Beneath the hills, and palely bloom
Night-flowers white and sweet.
