this thread shall go on...;)
Ok, here's a new one:
This time a poem by Byron. I managed to modify only the last stanza, so here it is:
Original version:
From the wreck of the past, which hath perished,
Thus much I at least may recall:
It hath taught me that which I most cherished
Deserved to be dearest of all.
In the desert a fountain is springing,
In the wide waste there still is a tree,
And a bird in the solitude singing,
Which speaks to my spirit of thee.
My version: (This can be from Frodo or Sam's POV)
From the wreck of the past, which hath perished,
Thus much I at least can recall:
It hath taught me that Hope that I cherished
Deserved to be dearest of all.
Golden flowers still dwell in the meadow,
In Gondor there grows a White Tree.
And a star brightly piercing the shadow,
Says that Beauty forever shall be.
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And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.
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