"The realm of Sauron is ended!" said Gandalf. "The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest."
—J. R. R. Tolkien, Return of the King
"The artifex verborum of the dream ... was no less adept than the waking Coleridge in the metamorphosis of words." — John Livingston Lowes, The Road to Xanadu.
Observations on language (mostly ancient), religion, and culture.
By Edward M. Cook, Ph.D.
Friday, March 25, 2005
Good Friday
And even as he spoke the earth rocked beneath their feet. Then rising swiftly up, far above the Towers of the Black Gate, high above the mountains, a vast soaring darkness sprang into the sky, flickering with fire. The earth groaned and quaked. The Towers of the Teeth swayed, tottered, and fell down; the mighty rampart crumbled; the Black Gate was hurled in ruin; and from far away, now dim, now growing, now mounting to the clouds, there came a drumming rumble, a roar, a long echoing roll of ruinous noise.
"The realm of Sauron is ended!" said Gandalf. "The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest."
"The realm of Sauron is ended!" said Gandalf. "The Ring-bearer has fulfilled his Quest."
Very apt! Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteVery well done indeed! Only you could make Good Friday come alive as you did with this simple quote from Tolkien! Thanks!
Joe