Frozen in time, the solid water;
Lost a wife and kept a daughter.
Along the shore a journey long,
But settled now, near ocean song;
I dare not stay, must safety find,
Yet still I linger, where am I?
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The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!
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