A Elbereth Gilithoniel,
silivren penna miriel
o menel aglar elenath!
Na-chared palan-diriel
o galadhremmin ennorath,
Fanuilos, le linnathon
nef aear, si nef aearon!
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Seek for the sword that was broken:
In Imladris it dwells;
There shall be counsels taken
Stronger than Morgul-spells.
There shall be shown a token
That Doom is near at hand,
For Isidur's Bane shall waken,
And the Halfling forth shall stand.
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Cold be hand and heart and bone,
and cold be sleep under stone:
Never more to wake on stony bed,
never, till the sun fails and moon is dead.
In the blade wind the stars shall die,
and still on gold here let them lie,
Till the dark lord lifts his hand over sea and withered land.
*
When winter first begins to bite
and stones crack in the frosty night,
when pools are black and tree are bare,
'tis evil in the wild to fare.
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Annon edhellen, edro hi ammen!
Fennas nogothrim, lasto both lamimon!
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The finest rokets ever seen:
they burst into stars of blue and green,
or after thunder golden showers
came falling like a rain of flowers.
