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Evisse the Blue · 01-16-2011, 11:51 AM

Yup, I'd like a hint!

Well, actually, by hint I don't rightly know what I mean since if you told me the circumstance or something like that, it would probably give it away....

Is it from Lotr?

Guinevere · 01-16-2011, 11:58 AM

No, it's from the Silmarillion.

Evisse the Blue · 01-16-2011, 12:07 PM

From the 'Of Men' chapter in the Silmarillion, I'm guessing.

Funny that Gimli does say something similar-ish when talking to Legolas in Minas Tirith about the 'deeds of men'.

Guinevere · 01-19-2011, 05:38 PM

You are right, it's from the chapter "Of Men"

"But the dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise; and now the time drew on to the great wars of the powers of the North, when Noldor and Sindar and Men strove against the hosts of Morgoth Bauglir, and went down in ruin."

And yes, what Gimli tells Legolas really is similar:
"It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise."

Evisse the Blue · 01-20-2011, 02:56 AM

How about:

Quote:

Some things are ill to hear when the world is in shadow

Guinevere · 01-27-2011, 02:53 PM

No other takers?

That's Tom Bombadil to the Hobbits, if I remember rightly

Evisse the Blue · 02-02-2011, 02:57 AM

Sure is!

01-16-2011, 11:51 AM	#1
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Yup, I'd like a hint! Well, actually, by hint I don't rightly know what I mean since if you told me the circumstance or something like that, it would probably give it away.... Is it from Lotr? __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

01-16-2011, 11:58 AM	#2
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	No, it's from the Silmarillion. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

01-16-2011, 12:07 PM	#3
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	From the 'Of Men' chapter in the Silmarillion, I'm guessing. Funny that Gimli does say something similar-ish when talking to Legolas in Minas Tirith about the 'deeds of men'. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

01-19-2011, 05:38 PM	#4
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	You are right, it's from the chapter "Of Men" "But the dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise; and now the time drew on to the great wars of the powers of the North, when Noldor and Sindar and Men strove against the hosts of Morgoth Bauglir, and went down in ruin." And yes, what Gimli tells Legolas really is similar: "It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

01-27-2011, 02:53 PM	#6
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	No other takers? That's Tom Bombadil to the Hobbits, if I remember rightly __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

02-02-2011, 02:57 AM	#7
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Sure is! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

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