What is your favourite poem/song by Tolkien?

Lenya · 10-28-2004, 03:36 PM

Tolkien wrote so many stunning poems that I thought there aught to be such a thread

The Fight between Finrod and Sauron
from Lay of Leithian / Silm. ch. 19 (p 171 in my book)

Pytt · 10-28-2004, 03:56 PM

well, the first poem in Lotr is astonishing!
"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them".
can't leave that unoticed.
also, i fancy the poem Bilbo have made for Aragorn.

theres more but theese two is the absoulute favorites

Beren3000 · 10-28-2004, 04:21 PM

Beren's song of parting, the one that begins: "Farewell sweet earth and northern sky..."
I LOVE this one!

***RÃan*** · 10-28-2004, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Lenya

The Fight between Finrod and Sauron
from Lay of Leithian / Silm. ch. 19 (p 171 in my book)

ah, yes - fabulous!

Speaking of fighting, also Fingolfin's challenge to Morgoth!

Also from LOTR, "Gil-Galad was an elven king..." For some reason, that one really touches my heart. It's what got me interested in the Sil and the HoME books

inked · 10-28-2004, 05:37 PM

The Road goes ever On is the one I find myself recalling in the various exigencies of life!

Attalus · 10-28-2004, 06:03 PM

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Also from LOTR, "Gil-Galad was an elven king..." For some reason, that one really touches my heart. It's what got me interested in the Sil and the HoME books

That one is my favorite. Makes me wish Sam had listened harder and longer, I don't care how many shivers he got.

Wayfarer · 10-28-2004, 11:04 PM

Errantry. Hands down. It's just a... fun poem.

Then The Mewlips, and The Hoard. Both more dark and less silly, but fun in their own way.

FYI: If you've never read Tolkien's stand-alone poetry, you're missing out on the best stuff.

Olmer · 10-29-2004, 12:55 AM

"I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen"...
This is most haunting and beautiful poem of all.
I think in this poem Tolkien expressed his own feeling about the passing time.

Beren3000 · 10-29-2004, 04:15 AM

Oh yeah, and also the three songs that Aragorn and Legolas made for Boromir's funeral. These are so touching!

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

FYI: If you've never read Tolkien's stand-alone poetry, you're missing out on the best stuff.

Where do you find that? HoME? (Pardon my ignorance

)

Telcontar_Dunedain · 10-29-2004, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Beren3000

Oh yeah, and also the three songs that Aragorn and Legolas made for Boromir's funeral. These are so touching!

I agree. Them and The Road goes ever on and on.

Wayfarer · 10-29-2004, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Beren3000

Where do you find that? HoME? (Pardon my ignorance

)

I believe they can be found in a charming little volume called the Tolkien Reader. I don't know how easy that will be to find (it's actually not suprising you wouldn't have heard of it), but it contains a handful of poems by Tolkien not directly related to Middle Earth.

Errantry starts on page 211.

Actually, you might remember parts of it as having been in my signature for some time.

And I used an excerpt from the Mewlips before that.

Beren3000 · 10-30-2004, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

I believe they can be found in a charming little volume called the Tolkien Reader.

Thanks for the tip

, I have seen this book many times before but I thought it only had short stories like Leaf by Niggle.

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

And I used an excerpt from the Mewlips before that.

That I remember

, I never understood that poem, though

Lenya · 10-30-2004, 02:49 PM

Have you guys read the Lay of Leithian? It's stunning! My favourite part (between Finrod & Sauron) is in it

Attalus · 10-30-2004, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Beren3000

That I remember

, I never understood that poem, though

Whenever I read "The Mewlips", I think of "The Hoard of the Gibbelins" by Lord Dunsany. I wonder if Tolkien knew of him. I'll bet he did.

Wayfarer · 11-02-2004, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Beren3000

Thanks for the tip

, I have seen this book many times before but I thought it only had short stories like Leaf by Niggle.

*/grabs Beren by the collar.

Leaf by Niggle is a great story. One of the best Tolkien wrote. You need to read it. Now!

Anybody who hasn't read Tolkien's short stories is missing some of his best writing. Just so you know.

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That I remember

, I never understood that poem, though

What about it is there not to understand?

Beren3000 · 11-02-2004, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer

*/grabs Beren by the collar.

Leaf by Niggle is a great story. One of the best Tolkien wrote. You need to read it. Now!

*pushes Wayfarer back* All right, already! I get the darn point!

***RÃan*** · 11-02-2004, 03:57 PM

Yes, "Leaf" is a GREAT story! Please read it, Beren!

And I also love Boromir's funeral dirge, like you do. "He tarries, and I grieve ...."

Ã†lfwine · 11-03-2004, 02:56 AM

I think that "Kortirion among the Trees" is the best he has written.

Wayfarer · 11-03-2004, 12:58 PM

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I think that "Kortirion among the Trees" is the best he has written.

Ooh! I love that one! I just wish it had been finished.

Beren3000 · 11-06-2004, 07:23 AM

I also like Galadriel's message to Aragorn:
"Where are now the Dunedain, Elessar, Elessar?"

10-28-2004, 03:36 PM	#1
Lenya ElentÃ¡ri Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	What is your favourite poem/song by Tolkien? Tolkien wrote so many stunning poems that I thought there aught to be such a thread The Fight between Finrod and Sauron from Lay of Leithian / Silm. ch. 19 (p 171 in my book)

10-28-2004, 03:56 PM	#2
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	well, the first poem in Lotr is astonishing! "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them". can't leave that unoticed. also, i fancy the poem Bilbo have made for Aragorn. theres more but theese two is the absoulute favorites __________________ Don't Panic!

10-28-2004, 05:37 PM	#5
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	The Road goes ever On is the one I find myself recalling in the various exigencies of life! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

10-28-2004, 11:04 PM	#7
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Errantry. Hands down. It's just a... fun poem. Then The Mewlips, and The Hoard. Both more dark and less silly, but fun in their own way. FYI: If you've never read Tolkien's stand-alone poetry, you're missing out on the best stuff. __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned Last edited by Wayfarer : 10-28-2004 at 11:11 PM.

11-02-2004, 03:57 PM	#17
*RÃan* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Yes, "Leaf" is a GREAT story! Please read it, Beren! And I also love Boromir's funeral dirge, like you do. "He tarries, and I grieve ...." __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

10-28-2004, 04:21 PM	#3
Beren3000 FÃ«anorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	Beren's song of parting, the one that begins: "Farewell sweet earth and northern sky..." I LOVE this one!

10-29-2004, 12:55 AM	#8
Olmer Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: LI-woods, NY Posts: 653	"I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen"... This is most haunting and beautiful poem of all. I think in this poem Tolkien expressed his own feeling about the passing time.

10-30-2004, 02:49 PM	#13
Lenya ElentÃ¡ri Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 727	Have you guys read the Lay of Leithian? It's stunning! My favourite part (between Finrod & Sauron) is in it

11-03-2004, 02:56 AM	#18
Ã†lfwine Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 23	I think that "Kortirion among the Trees" is the best he has written. __________________ UtÃºlie'n aurÃ«! Aiya EldaliÃ« ar AtanatÃ¡ri, utÃºlie'n aurÃ«! Auta i lÃ³mÃ«!

11-06-2004, 07:23 AM	#20
Beren3000 FÃ«anorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	I also like Galadriel's message to Aragorn: "Where are now the Dunedain, Elessar, Elessar?"

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