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'''Far over the misty mountains cold''' is a poem found within the chapter "[[An Unexpected Party]]" of ''[[The Hobbit]]''.<br />
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==Text==<br />
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"><br />
Far over the misty mountains cold<br />
To dungeons deep and caverns old<br />
We must away ere break of day<br />
To seek the pale enchanted gold.<br />
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The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,<br />
While hammers fell like ringing bells<br />
In places deep, where dark things sleep,<br />
In hollow halls beneath the fells.<br />
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For ancient king and elvish lord<br />
There many a gleaming golden hoard<br />
They shaped and wrought, and light they caught<br />
To hide in gems on hilt of sword.<br />
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On silver necklaces they strung<br />
The flowering stars, on crowns they hung<br />
The dragon-fire, in twisted wire<br />
They meshed the light of moon and sun.<br />
<br />
Far over the misty mountains cold<br />
To dungeons deep and caverns old<br />
We must away, ere break of day<br />
To claim our long-forgotten gold.<br />
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Goblets they carved there for themselves<br />
And harps of gold; where no man delves<br />
There lay they long, and many a song<br />
Was sung unheard by men or elves.<br />
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The pines were roaring on the height,<br />
The winds were moaning in the night.<br />
The fire was red, it flaming spread;<br />
The trees like torches blazed with light.<br />
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The bells were ringing in the dale<br />
And men looked up with faces pale;<br />
The dragon’s ire more fierce than fire<br />
Laid low their towers and houses frail.<br />
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The mountain smoked beneath the moon;<br />
The dwarves they heard the tramp of doom.<br />
They fled their hall to dying fall<br />
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.<br />
<br />
Far over the misty mountains grim<br />
To dungeons deep and caverns dim<br />
We must away, ere break of day,<br />
To win our harps and gold from him!<br />
</poem><br />
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==Portrayal in adaptations==<br />
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'''2012: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'':'''<br />
:A modified version of the song is sung by [[Richard Armitage]] and the [[dwarves]] during the Unexpected Party at [[Bag End]]. [[Neil Finn]] also sings a variation of the song entitled "[[Song of the Lonely Mountain]]" in the ending credits of the film.<br />
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==See also=<br />
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]=<br />
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