Board Thread:Lore Texts/@comment-25101089-20170528012756/@comment-32058625-20170528172137

This should be in a book:

Eärendil was a mariner that tarried in Arvernien; he built a boat of timber felled in Nimbrethil to journey in; her sails he wove of silver fair, of silver were her lanterns made, her prow was fashioned like a swan, and light upon her banners laid.

In panoply of ancient kings, in chainéd rings he armoured him; his shining shield was scored with runes to ward all wounds and harm from him; his bow was made of dragon-horn, his arrows shorn of ebony, of silver was his habergeon, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">his scabbard of chalcedony; <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">his sword of steel was valiant, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">of adamant his helmet tall, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">an eagle-plume upon his crest, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">upon his breast an emerald.

<span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">Beneath the Moon and under star <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">he wandered far from northern strands, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">bewildered on enchanted ways <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">beyond the days of mortal lands. <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">From gnashing of the Narrow Ice <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">where shadow lies on frozen hills, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">from nether heats and burning waste <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">he turned in haste, and roving still <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">on starless waters far astray <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">at last he came to Night of Naught, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and passed, and never sight he saw <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">of shining shore nor light he sought. <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">The winds of wrath came drving him, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and blindly in the foam he fled <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">from west to east and errandless, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">unheralded he homeward sped.

<span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">There flying Elwing came to him, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and flame was in the darkness lit; <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">more bright than light of diamond the fire upon her carcanet. <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">The Silmaril she bound on him <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and crowned him with the living light <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and dauntless then with burning brow <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">he turned his prow; and in the night <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">from Otherworld beyond the Sea <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">there strong and free a storm arose, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">a wind of power in Tarmenel; <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">by paths that seldom mortal goes <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">his boat it bore with biting breath <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">as might of death across the grey <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and long-forsaken seas distressed: <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">from east to west he passed away.

<span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">Through Evernight he back was borne <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">on black and roaring waves that ran <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">o'er leagues unlit and foundered shores <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">that drowned before the Days began, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">until he heard on strands of pearl <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">where ends the world the music long, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">where ever-foaming billows roll <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">the yellow gold and jewels wan.

<span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">He saw the Mountain silent rise <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">where twilight lies upon the knees <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">of Valinor, and Eldamar <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">beheld afar beyond the seas. <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">A wanderer escaped from night <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">to haven white he came at last, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">to Elvenhome the green and fair <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">where keen the air, where pale as glass <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">beneath the Hill of Ilmarin <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">a-glimmer in a valley sheer <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">the lamplit towers of Tirion <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">are mirrored on the Shadowmere.

<span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">He tarried there from errantry, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and melodies they taught to him, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and sages old him marvels told, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and harps of gold they brought to him. <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">They clothed him then in elven-white, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and seven lights before him sent, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">as through the Calacirian <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">to hidden land forlorn he went. <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">He came unto the timeless halls <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">where shining fall the countless year, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and endless reigns the Elder King <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">in Ilmarin on Mountain sheer; <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and words unheard were spoken then <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">of folk of Men and Elven-kin, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">beyond the world were visions showed <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">forbid to those that dwell therein.

<span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">A ship then new they built for him <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">of mithril and of elven-glass <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">with shining prow; no shaven oar <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">nor sail she bore on silver mas: <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">the Silmaril as lantern light <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and banner bright with living flame <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">to gleam thereon by Elbereth <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">herself was set, who thither came <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and wings immortal made for him, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and laid on him undying doom, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">to sail the shoreless skies and come <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">behind the Sun and light of Moon.

<span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">From Evereven's lofty hills <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">where softly silver fountains fall <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">his wings him bore, a wandering light, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">beyond the mighty Mountain Wall. <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">From World's End then he turned away, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and yearned again to find afar <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">his home through shadow journeying, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and burning as an island star <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">on high above the mists he came, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">a distant flame before the Sun, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">a wonder ere the waking dawn <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">where grey the Norland waters run.

<span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">And over Middle-earth he passed <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">and heard at last the weeping sore <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">of women and of elven-maids <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">in Elder Days, in years of yore. <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">But on him mighty doom was laid, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">till Moon should fade, an orbéd star <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">to pass, and tarry never more <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">on Hither Shores where mortals are; <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">for ever still a herald on <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">an errand that should never rest <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">to bear his shining lamp afar, <span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);font-family:'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:italic">the Flammifer of Westernesse.