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Originally Posted by Urwen
Actually, Huinesoron explained the riddle better, so maybe the turn should go to him.
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No, no, it definitely goes to
Galadriel55. But to tide you over until she returns from work, I'll offer up a non-riddling riff on the marvel that is William McGonagall's
The Tay Bridge Disaster.
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Beautiful star-domed Bridge of Osgiliath!
Alas! I am very sorry it hath
Collapsed into Anduin from the Usurper's wrath
In 1437, it was quite a bloodbath
Which will be remember'd in the long aftermath.
As soon as the catastrophe came to be known
The alarm from mouth to mouth was blown,
And the cry rang out all o’er the town,
Good Heavens! Osgiliath Bridge is blown down,
And the great Palantir of Elendil,
Which King Eldacar's heart with sorrow did fill,
Has sunk into the waters white,
Oh! What a terrible and truly awful sight
Has befallen Osgiliath in 1437's bloodbath,
Which will be remember'd in the long aftermath.
It must have been an awful sight,
To witness in the dusky moonlight,
When the Usurper did rage, and angry did laugh
And burned the piers of the Bridge of Osgiliath
Oh! Ill-fated Bridge of Osgiliath grey
I must now conclude my lay
By telling the world fearlessly without the least dismay,
That your central pillars would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed.
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I am so very sorry. ^_^
(I confess to being another First Age fan. I've always felt that Tolkien's heart was more in Beleriand than in the lands that came after. Plus, elves are more interesting than diminutive rural English folk... >: D)
hS