Tídwald to Torhthelm:

"Aye, that's the battle for you,
and no worse today than wars you sing of,
when Fróda fell, and Finn was slain.
The world wept then, as it weeps today:
you can hear the tears through the harp's
twanging. . ."

"The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son" - The Tolkien Reader

[ April 16, 2003: Message edited by: Envinyatar ]

Envinyatar has it. Welcome to the thread, and you may quote when ready.

'Lo, this is one of the ring of Harbourless Isles, that draw all ships toward their hidden rocks and quaking sands, lest Men fare over far upon Garsecg and see things that are not for them to see . . .'

My mistake! That quote above was from BoLT II, The History of Eriol, and not form The List, which I am putting here to remind myself and any others who might join:

Farmer Giles of Ham
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Leaf by Niggle
Smith of Wootton Major
On Fairy Stories
Mythopoeia
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Father Christmas Letters
The Monsters and the Critics
Roverandom
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
A Secret Vice
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And here's a more acceptable offering:

He bewitched a piece off somebody's window curtains . . .

That's the Man in the Moon to Rover, concerning Artaxerxes' trousers, from Roverandom.

Yes, indeed. Please continue.

Very well then. Let's see what you make of this one:

I should have thought it was a nice boy with a friendly grin, eh?!

Master Nokes talking to Prentice about the missing Star trinket from the Great Cake:

"Oh, did she? Well, it was Cooper's Harry then. A barrel of a boy with a big mouth like a frog's."

Smith of Wootton Major

That it is. Carry on. Sorry about the delay.

With an important tone and smile of the father founder, I ask you, Envinyatar, where are you?
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[ May 08, 2003: Message edited by: HerenIstarion ]

I really enjoy this thread, so I'm bringing it up to the top and offering the next quote.

I'm so glad this thread didn't die while I was gone! alaklondewen, can you give a little clue, so that I have an idea where to start searching for it?

Welcome back, Estelyn! The above quote is from a work that was not written in prose. It is also a rather obscure work.

That was a tough one, since it's from a very obscure work indeed! I finally found it: says Itroun to Aotrou in The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun.

[ June 08, 2003: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ]

Correct you are, Estelyn! It is one of my favorite 'minor' works by the professor. The board is now yours.

That was quite a tricky one, Esty! You had me rummaging to find it for quite a while. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

It was a little man, whose name he had forgotten that the Professor wrote of in "A secret Vice".

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] - Nice to have kept you busy for awhile, Bruce! You're right, of course, and therefore entitled to pose the next quote.

That was Perry-the-Winkle in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

Oooh! Not too shabby, Esty. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Here's new one that tickles my fancy:

Such a nice quote - anyone going to take a guess?

Well, what I thought it was it wasn't. Estelyn, would you mind giving us some kind of direction?

Thanks.

Is it about the Knights going to see Chrysophylax?

Nope, wrong story, Beren. I will gladly give a clue - the quote comes from a children's tale.

that must be Rover about motorvehicles passing him by

Finally!! That's it, HI, and how nice to have you back on the thread again! I look forward to seeing what you have next for us.

thx, Estelyn [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

This is Itroun to Aotrou after Itroun gave birth. She says:

[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: alaklondewen ]

that's it, alaklondewen, go ahead [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Thank you, HerenIstarion.

that is first speaker of "Sea-Bell", self appointed king of a new found land:

Very good! The poem is one of my favorites from the Professor. The floor is now yours. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

*H-I bows

next one:

It's Itroun to Aotrou from the eponymous Lay (thanks go to Estelyn for e-mailing me the complete text).

(...which I only did because, as far as I know, it's not in print anywhere anymore...)

oh laziness imposed by the use of "find" option of MS Word! Both you esteemed lore masters (and mistresses) failed to notice that speaker named is wrong [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img], for it is Corrigan speaking and no other...

yet since the passage given is absolutely correct, I count it as a score and invite you to proceed [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I'm not sure that I deserve to proceed after so egregious a mistake, but I shall nonetheless.

I thought you were talking about the Barrow-Downs forum, Squatter, but I found out that the quote has a different source! It's the seagull Mew, speaking to Roverandom of the Isle of Lost Dogs.