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Chip the glasses and crack the plates!

2011-04-18T06:25:23Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Chip the glasses and crack the plates!''' is a poem found within the An Unexpected Party chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> Chip…"

'''Chip the glasses and crack the plates!''' is a poem found within the [[An Unexpected Party]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Chip the glasses and crack the plates!
Blunt the knives and bend the forks!
That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates—
Smash the bottles and burn the corks!

Cut the cloth and tread on the fat!
Pour the milk on the pantry floor!
Leave the bones on the bedroom mat!
Splash the wine on every door!

Dump the crocks in a boiling bowl;
Pound them up with a thumping pole;
And when you’ve finished if any are whole,
Send them down the hall to roll!

That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates!
So, carefully! carefully with the plates!

</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Sing all ye joyful!

2011-04-18T06:22:18Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Sing all ye joyful!''' is a poem found within the The Last Stage chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> Sing all ye joyful, now sing…"

'''Sing all ye joyful!''' is a poem found within the [[The Last Stage]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
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 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!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

The dragon is withered

2011-04-18T06:20:15Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''The dragon is withered''' is a poem found within the The Last Stage chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> The dragon is withered, H…"

'''The dragon is withered''' is a poem found within the [[The Last Stage]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
The dragon is withered,
His bones are now crumbled;
His armour is shivered,
His splendour is 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
Fa-la-la-lally
Fa-la!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Under the mountain dark and tall

2011-04-18T06:14:18Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Under the Mountain dark and tall''' is a poem found within the The Gathering of the Clouds chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> Un…"

'''Under the Mountain dark and tall''' is a poem found within the [[The Gathering of the Clouds]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Under the Mountain dark and tall
The King has come unto his hall!
His foe is dead, the Worm of Dread,
And ever so his foes shall fall.

The sword is sharp, the spear is long,
The arrow swift, the Gate is strong;
The heart is bold that looks on gold;
The dwarves no more shall suffer wrong.

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,
While hammers fell like ringing bells
In places deep, where dark things sleep,
In hollow halls beneath the fells.

On silver necklaces they strung
The light of stars, on crowns they hung
The dragon-fire, from twisted wire
The melody of harps they wrung.

The mountain throne once more is freed!
O! wandering folk, the summons heed!
Come haste! Come haste! across the waste!
The king of friend and kin has need.

Now call we over mountains cold,
‘Come back unto the caverns old’!
Here at the Gates the king awaits,
His hands are rich with gems and gold.

The king is come unto his hall
Under the Mountain dark and tall.
The Worm of Dread is slain and dead,
And ever so our foes shall fall!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

The King beneath the mountains

2011-04-18T06:12:30Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''The King beneath the mountains''' is a poem found within the A Warm Welcome chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> The King beneath …"

'''The King beneath the mountains''' is a poem found within the [[A Warm Welcome]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
The King beneath the mountains,
The King of carven stone,
The lord of silver fountains
Shall come into his own!

His crown shall be upholden,
His harp shall be restrung,
His halls shall echo golden
To songs of yore re-sung.

The woods shall wave on mountains
And grass beneath the sun;
His wealth shall flow in fountains
And the rivers golden run.

The streams shall run in gladness,
The lakes shall shine and burn,
All sorrow fail and sadness
At the Mountain-king’s return!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Roll-roll-roll-roll,

2011-04-18T06:09:53Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Roll—roll—roll—roll''' is a poem found within the Barrels Out of Bond chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> Roll—roll—rol…"

'''Roll—roll—roll—roll''' is a poem found within the [[Barrels Out of Bond]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Roll—roll—roll—roll,
roll—roll—rolling down the hole!
Heave ho! Splash plump!
Down they go, down they bump!

Down the swift dark stream you go
Back to lands you once did know!
Leave the halls and caverns deep,
Leave the northern mountains steep,
Where the forest wide and dim
Stoops in shadow grey and grim!
Float beyond the world of trees
Out into the whispering breeze,
Past the rushes, past the reeds,
Past the marsh’s waving weeds,
Through the mist that riseth white
Up from mere and pool at night!
Follow, follow stars that leap
Up the heavens cold and steep;
Turn when dawn comes over the land,
Over rapid, over sand,
South away! and South away!
Seek the sunlight and the day,
Back to pasture, back to mead,
Where the kine and oxen feed!
Back to gardens on the hills
Where the berry swells and fills
Under sunlight, under day!
South away! and South away!
Down the swift dark stream you go
Back to lands you once did know!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Old fat spider spinning in a tree!

2011-04-18T06:06:44Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Old fat spider spinning in a tree!''' is a poem found within the Flies and Spiders chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> Old fat sp…"

'''Old fat spider spinning in a tree!''' is a poem found within the [[Flies and Spiders]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Old fat spider spinning in a tree!
Old fat spider can’t see me!
Attercop! Attercop!
Won’t you stop,
Stop your spinning and look for me!

Old Tomnoddy, all big body,
Old Tomnoddy can’t spy me!
Attercop! Attercop!
Down you drop!
You’ll never catch me up your tree!

Lazy Lob and crazy Cob
are weaving webs to wind me.
I am far more sweet than other meat,
but still they cannot find me!

Here am I, naughty little fly;
you are fat and lazy.
You cannot trap me, though you try,
in your cobwebs crazy.
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

The wind was on the withered heath

2011-04-18T06:03:12Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''The wind was on the withered heath''' is a poem found within the Queer Lodgings chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> The wind was …"

'''The wind was on the withered heath''' is a poem found within the [[Queer Lodgings]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
The wind was on the withered heath,
but in the forest stirred no leaf:
there shadows lay by night and day,
and dark things silent crept beneath.

The wind came down from mountains cold,
and like a tide it roared and rolled;
the branches groaned, the forest moaned,
and leaves were laid upon the mould.

The wind went on from West to East;
all movement in the forest ceased,
but shrill and harsh across the marsh
its whistling voices were released.

The grasses hissed, their tassels bent,
the reeds were rattling—on it went
o’er shaken pool under heavens cool
where racing clouds were torn and rent.

It passed the lonely Mountain bare
and swept above the dragon’s lair:
there black and dark lay boulders stark
and flying smoke was in the air.

It left the world and took its flight
over the wide seas of the night.
The moon set sail upon the gale,
and stars were fanned to leaping light.
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Fifteen birds in five fir-trees

2011-04-18T06:00:02Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Fifteen birds in five firtrees''' is a poem found within the Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <po…"

'''Fifteen birds in five firtrees''' is a poem found within the [[Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Fifteen birds in five firtrees,
their feathers were fanned in a fiery breeze!
But, funny little birds, they had no wings!
O what shall we do with the funny little things?
Roast ’em alive, or stew them in a pot;
fry them, boil them and eat them hot?

Burn, burn tree and fern!
Shrivel and scorch! A fizzling torch
To light the night for our delight,
Ya hey!

Bake and toast ’em, fry and roast ’em!
till beards blaze, and eyes glaze;
till hair smells and skins crack,
fat melts, and bones black
in cinders lie
beneath the sky!
So dwarves shall die,
and light the night for our delight,
Ya hey!
Ya-harri-hey!
Ya hoy!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Clap! Snap! the black crack!

2011-04-18T05:56:41Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Clap! Snap! the black crack!''' is a poem found within the Over Hill and Under Hill chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> Clap! Sna…"

'''Clap! Snap! the black crack!''' is a poem found within the [[Over Hill and Under Hill]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Clap! Snap! the black crack!
Grip, grab! Pinch, nab!
And down down to Goblin-town
You go, my lad!

Clash, crash! Crush, smash!
Hammer and tongs! Knocker and gongs!
Pound, pound, far underground!
Ho, ho! my lad!

Swish, smack! Whip crack!
Batter and beat! Yammer and bleat!
Work, work! Nor dare to shirk,
While Goblins quaff, and Goblins laugh,
Round and round far underground
Below, my lad!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

O! What are you doing,

2011-04-18T05:54:46Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''O! What are you doing?''' is a poem found within the A Short Rest chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> O! What are you doing, And …"

'''O! What are you doing?''' is a poem found within the [[A Short Rest]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
O! What are you doing,
And where are you going?
Your ponies need shoeing!
The river is flowing!
O! tra-la-la-lally
here down in the valley!

O! What are you seeking,
And where are you making?
The faggots are reeking,
The bannocks are baking!
O! tril-lil-lil-lolly
the valley is jolly,
ha! ha!

O! Where are you going
With beards all a-wagging?
No knowing, no knowing
What brings Mister Baggins,
And Balin and Dwalin
down into the valley
in June
ha! ha!

O! Will you be staying,
Or will you be flying?
Your ponies are straying!
The daylight is dying!

To fly would be folly,
To stay would be jolly
And listen and hark
Till the end of the dark
to our tune
ha! ha!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Far over the misty mountains cold

2011-04-18T05:52:28Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Far over the misty mountains cold''' is a poem found within the An Unexpected Party chapter in ''The Hobbit''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <poem> Far over …"

'''Far over the misty mountains cold''' is a poem found within the [[An Unexpected Party]] chapter in ''[[The Hobbit]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day
To seek the pale enchanted gold.

The dwarves of yore made mighty spells,
While hammers fell like ringing bells
In places deep, where dark things sleep,
In hollow halls beneath the fells.

For ancient king and elvish lord
There many a gleaming golden hoard
They shaped and wrought, and light they caught
To hide in gems on hilt of sword.

On silver necklaces they strung
The flowering stars, on crowns they hung
The dragon-fire, in twisted wire
They meshed the light of moon and sun.

Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away, ere break of day
To claim our long-forgotten gold.

Goblets they carved there for themselves
And harps of gold; where no man delves
There lay they long, and many a song
Was sung unheard by men or elves.

The pines where roaring on the height,
The winds were moaning in the night.
The fire was red, it flaming spread;
The trees like torches blazed with light.

The bells were ringing in the dale
And men looked up with faces pale;
The dragon’s ire more fierce than fire
Laid low their towers and houses frail.

The mountain smoked beneath the moon;
The dwarves they heard the tramp of doom.
They fled their hall to dying fall
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.

Far over the misty mountains grim
To dungeons deep and caverns dim
We must away, ere break of day,
To win our harps and gold from him!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Hobbit]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Farewell We Call to Hearth and Hall!

2011-04-17T22:08:35Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Farewell we call to hearth and hall!''' is a poem found within the A Conspiracy Unmasked chapter in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Te…"

'''Farewell we call to hearth and hall!''' is a poem found within the [[A Conspiracy Unmasked]] chapter in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Farewell we call to hearth and hall!
Though wind may blow and rain may fall,
We must away ere break of day
Far over wood and mountain tall.

To Rivendell, where Elves yet dwell
In glades beneath the misty fell,
Through moor and waste we ride in haste,
And whither then we cannot tell.

With foes ahead, behind us dread,
Beneath the sky shall be our bed,
Until at last our toil be passed,
Our journey done, our errand sped.

We must away! We must away!
We ride before the break of day!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Lord of the Rings]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Sing Hey! For the Bath at Close of Day

2011-04-17T22:07:21Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Sing hey! for the bath at close of day''' is a poem found within the A Conspiracy Unmasked chapter in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==…"

'''Sing hey! for the bath at close of day''' is a poem found within the [[A Conspiracy Unmasked]] chapter in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is a noble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain,
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Lord of the Rings]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Ho! Ho! Ho! To the Bottle I Go

2011-04-17T22:05:43Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle I go''' is a poem found within the A Short Cut to Mushrooms chapter in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text=…"

'''Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle I go''' is a poem found within the [[A Short Cut to Mushrooms]] chapter in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Ho! Ho! Ho! to the bottle I go
To heal my heart and drown my woe.
Rain may fall and wind may blow,
And many miles be still to go,
But under a tall tree I will lie,
And let the clouds go sailing by.
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Lord of the Rings]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady Clear!

2011-04-17T22:03:51Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear!''' is a poem found within the Three is Company chapter in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text==…"

'''Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear!''' is a poem found within the [[Three is Company]] chapter in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear!
O Queen beyond the Western Seas!
O Light to us that wander here
Amid the world of woven trees!

Gilthoniel! O Elbereth!
Clear are thy eyes and bright thy breath,
Snow-white! Snow-white! We sing to thee
In a far land beyond the Sea.

O stars that in the Sunless Year
With shining hand by her were sown,
In windy fields now bright and clear
We see your silver blossom blown.

O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!
We still remember, we who dwell
In this far land beneath the trees,
Thy starlight on the Western Seas.
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Lord of the Rings]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

The Road Goes Ever On and On

2011-04-17T22:01:57Z

SingolloLomien: Created page with "'''The Road goes ever on and on''' is a poem found within the A Long Expected Party chapter in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. ==Context== :''Coming soon'' ==Text== <po…"

'''The Road goes ever on and on''' is a poem found within the [[A Long Expected Party]] chapter in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

==Context==
:''Coming soon''

==Text==
<poem>
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
</poem>

==Analysis==
:''Coming soon''

==See also==
* [[Poems in The Lord of the Rings]]

[[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]

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2011-04-17T21:36:06Z

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