One Ring
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakutulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, […]
Poems in English
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakutulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, […]
Sing all ye joyful, now sing all together! The wind’s in the tree-top, the wind’s in the heather; The stars […]
O Orofarne, Lassemista, Carnimirie! O rowan fair, upon your hair how white the blossom lay! O rowan mine, I saw […]
Troll sat alone on his seat of stone, And munched and mumbled a bare old bone; For many a year […]
Far over the Misty Mountains cold, To dungeons deep and caverns old, We must away, ere break of day, To […]
Where now is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and […]
Day is ended, dim my eyes, But journey long before me lies. Farewell, friends! I hear the call. The ship’s […]
An Elven-maid there was of old, A shining star by day. Her mantle white was hemmed with gold, Her shoes […]
The fat cat on the mat May seem to dream Of nice mice that suffice For him, or cream; But […]
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does […]
O! Wanderers in the shadowed land Despair not! For though dark they stand, All woods there be must end at […]
The world was young, the mountains green, No stain yet on the Moon was seen, No words were laid on […]
The leaves were long, the grass was green, The hemlock-umbels tall and fair, And in the glade a light was […]
Tall ships and tall kings Three times three. What brought they from the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven […]
Silver flow the streams from Colos to Erui In the green fields of Lebennin! Tall grows the grass there. In […]
Sing now, ye people of the Tower of Anor, For the Realm of Sauron is ended for ever, And the […]
Sing hey! For the bath at close of day That washes the weary mud away A loon is he that […]
I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seen, Of meadow-flowers and butterflies In summers that […]
We knew that land once, You and I, And once we wandered there In the long days now long gone […]
O! What are you doing, And where are you going? Your ponies need shoeing! The River is flowing! O! Tra-la-la-lally […]
We heard of the horns in the hills ringing, The swords shining in the South-kingdom. Steeds went striding to the […]
Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe. Rain may fall and […]
Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows, The West Wind comes walking, and about the walls […]
Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: The last whose realm was fair and free Between the […]
Roads go ever ever on, Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that […]
To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying, The wind is blowing, and the white foam is […]
In Dwimordene, in Lorien Seldom have walked the feet of men, Few mortal eyes have seen the light That lies […]
He chanted a song of wizardry, Of piercing, opening, of treachery, Revealing, uncovering, betraying. Then sudden Felagund there swaying Sang […]
In the willow-meads of Tasarinan I walked in the Spring. Ah! The sight and smell of the Spring in Nantasarion! […]
The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains, Shall come into his own! […]