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Where do these words
come from?
1.
From: ROTK, Book 6, Chapter 9,
The Grey Havens
Frodo sings this on the way to the Grey
Havens:
Still round
the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate;
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day will come
at last when
I
Shall
take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.
In the LOTR index, the song is listed as one occurrence
of "The Old Walking Song." (separate from "A Walking Song") However, the text of this song has nothing in common with the other
iterations of "The Old Walking Songs. It is, in fact, a
variant of a verse from the song listed as "A Walking Song" with the
first line, "Upon the Hearth the Fire is Red." (from FOTR,
Book 1, Chapter III, Three is Company)
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2.
From: ROTK, Book 6, Chapter 3, Mount Doom and Chapter 4, The Field of Cormallen
(the line is present in both chapters)
On Mount Doom, Frodo told Sam:
'I am glad that you are here with me,...
Here at the end of all things,
Sam.'
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3.
From: ROTK, Book
6, Chapter 5, The Steward and the King
Frodo was anxious to leave Minas Tirith
for home but Gandalf bid patience. Finally, Arwen arrived and Frodo
said:
'At last I understand why we have waited!
This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but
night too shall be beautiful and
blessed and all its fear pass
away!'
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4.
From: ROTK, Book 6, Chapter 6, Many Partings
When Aragorn leaves the entourage
traveling from Minas Tirith to their respective homes, he took his
leave of Celeborn and Galadriel and Galadriel said to him:
'Elfstone, through darkness you have come
to your hope, and have now all your desire.
Use well the days!'
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5.
ROTK, Book
6, Chapter 5, The Steward and the King
When Gandalf takes Aragorn up into the mountains and tells him he
will leave Middle-earth, Aragorn worries who will rule after he dies
if Gandalf is not there to advise...
'Turn your face
from the
green world, and look where all
seems barren and cold!' said Gandalf."
... and Aragorn
turns to see the sapling in the snow.
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6.
From TTT, Book 3, Chapter 11, The Palantír
Gandalf sang this while he and Pippin
rode on Shadowfax
'Tall ships and tall kings
Three times three,
What brought they from the foundered land
Over the flowing sea?
Seven stars and seven stones
And one white tree.'
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