Frodo's Lament for Gandalf

Song Frodo's Lament for Gandalf
Artist YoungStar
Album The Lord of the Rings: Complete Songs & Poems

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[00:41.24] When evening in the Shire was grey
[00:47.07] his footsteps on the Hill were heard;
[00:52.90] before the dawn he went away
[01:00.33] on journey long without a word.
[01:17.96] From Wilderland to Western shore,
[01:23.63] form northern waste to southern hill
[01:30.27] through dragon-lair and hidden door
[01:35.99] and darkling woods he walked at will.
[01:52.17] With Dwarves and Hobbits, Elves and Men,
[01:55.61] with mortal and immortal folk,
[02:01.25] with bird on bough and beast in den,
[02:08.38] in their own secret tounges he spoke.
[02:25.66] A deadly sword, a healing hand,
[02:31.55] a back that bent beneath its load;
[02:37.64] a trumpet-voice, a burning brand,
[02:44.91] a weary pilgrim on the road.
[03:02.63] A lord of wisdom throned he sat,
[03:08.79] swift in anger, quick to laugh;
[03:15.61] an old man in a battered hat
[03:21.68] who leaned upon a thorny staff.
[03:37.84] He stood upon the bridge alone
[03:41.62] and Fire and Shadow both defied;
[03:48.14] his staff was broken on the stone,
[03:57.31] in Khazad-dum his wisdom died.
[04:27.74] The finest rockets ever seen:
[04:32.40] they burst instars of blue and green,
[04:37.50] or after thunder golden showers
[04:43.71] came falling like a rain of flowers.