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{{quote|The Sea! Alas! I have not yet beheld it. But deep in the hearts of all my kindred lies the sea-longing, which it is perilous to stir. Alas! for the gulls. No peace shall I have again under beech or under elm.|[[Legolas]]<ref name="LR-TLB"> | {{quote|The Sea! Alas! I have not yet beheld it. But deep in the hearts of all my kindred lies the sea-longing, which it is perilous to stir. Alas! for the gulls. No peace shall I have again under beech or under elm.|[[Legolas]]<ref name="LR-TLB">{{RK|Debate}}</ref>}} | ||
'''Sea-longing''', or the '''Unquiet of [[Ulmo]]''',<ref name="WJ-TY">{{WJ|V}}</ref> was a malady that typically affected [[ | '''Sea-longing''', or the '''Unquiet of [[Ulmo]]''',<ref name="WJ-TY">{{WJ|V}}</ref> was a malady that typically affected the [[Eldar]]. | ||
The [[Noldor]] who lingered in [[Middle-earth]] had an unquietable yearning for the Sea, coupled with their nostalgia of [[Eldamar|their home]]. It was slumbering in the hearts of the [[Sindar]], until it awoke<ref>{{App|Elves}}</ref> after seeing [[Belegaer]], the Great Sea to the west of [[Middle-earth]], for the first time. | |||
==Inspiration== | ==Inspiration== | ||
{{quote|<nowiki>'</nowiki>Twas in the [[Land of Willows]] that I heard th' unfathomed breath<br>Of the [[Ulumúri|Horns of Ylmir]] calling—and shall hear them till my death.|''[[The Horns of Ylmir]]''}} | {{quote|<nowiki>'</nowiki>Twas in the [[Land of Willows]] that I heard th' unfathomed breath<br>Of the [[Ulumúri|Horns of Ylmir]] calling—and shall hear them till my death.|''[[The Horns of Ylmir]]''}} |
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Sea-longing, or the Unquiet of Ulmo,[2] was a malady that typically affected the Eldar.
The Noldor who lingered in Middle-earth had an unquietable yearning for the Sea, coupled with their nostalgia of their home. It was slumbering in the hearts of the Sindar, until it awoke[3] after seeing Belegaer, the Great Sea to the west of Middle-earth, for the first time.
Inspiration
- "'Twas in the Land of Willows that I heard th' unfathomed breath
Of the Horns of Ylmir calling—and shall hear them till my death." - ― The Horns of Ylmir
In the summer of 1914 Tolkien visited the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall where the sea left a great impression on him, and inspired to write a poem.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Last Debate"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: V. The Tale of Years"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix F, "The Languages and Peoples of the Third Age", "Of the Elves"
- ↑ Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, "II. 1892-1916: Early years", pp. 70-71