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			Hail and Well Met, Stone of Vision,
 May your sight always be clear.  * bows *
 
 Indeed, your comparison of the songs "The Last Ship"  and "Lost Earth" resonate with me.  Both I think capture the mood of sailing West which the discussion here focuses on.  Both are hauntingly evocative, pervaded with a sense of mystery at moving from the familiar into the unknown.  And though there is the melancholy of parting and loss, it is interwoven with the graceful dignity of meeting a destiny filled with hope and promise.
 
 If there is sacrifice in Frodo's departure, it is only so that he may achieve a greater good.
 
 Thank you for sharing in the Music.
 
 At your Service,
 
 Gandalf the Grey
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