[Child of the 7th Age]

Thanks for the great poems. My favorite is Bilbo's Last Song which is issued as a children's book and ilustrated by Pauline Baynes. It shows the Elven procession to Grey Havens and its departure to the West. It's told from Bilbo's perspective, with one page showing his memories from Middle-earth and the facing page showing the procession to Grey Havens, including meeting up with Frodo and the goodbyes of the hobbits. The last picture in the book shows Sam, Merry, and Pippin sadly staring over a golden sea as they watch the ship get smaller and smaller.

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Day is ended, dim my eyes,
but journey long before me lies.
Farewell, friends! I hear the call.
The ship's beside the stony wall.
Foam is white, and waves are grey;
beyond the sunset leads my way.
Foam is salt, the wind is free;
I hear the rising of the Sea.

Farewell, friends! The sails are set,
the wind is east, the moorings fret.
Shadows long before me lie,
beneath the ever-bending sky,
but islands lie behind the Sun
that I shall raise ere all is done;
lands there are to west of West,
Where night is quiet and sleep is rest.

Guided by the Lonely Star,
beyond the utmost harbour-bar,
I'll find the havens fair and free,
and beaches of the Starlit Sea.
Ship, my ship! I seek the West,
and fields and mountains ever blest.
Farewell to Middle-earth at last,
I see the Star above your mast!

sharon, the 7th age hobbit

[ May 07, 2002: Message edited by: Child of the 7th Age ]