Poetry

[D]

hey, not mine. did you not see "J.R.R Tolkien's the Hobbit?" i cited it from page twelve of the 50th aniversery edtition.

[Spike]

i haven't got the 50th aniversary edition, but i've seen it somewhere before

[D]

its actualy preety old. my copies (of the entire LOTR series for that mattter) have yellow lined pages. and the covers have old paintings on them. the cover of the hobbit has a picture with a hobbit that vaugly resemlbes the man that played sam in the movies.

heres another citation

Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day
To seek the pale enchanted gold.

The dwarves of youre made mighty spells,
While hammers fell like ringing bells
Inplaces deep, where dark things sleep,
In hollow halls beneath the fells.

For ancient kind and elvish lord
There many a gleaming golden hoard
They shaped and wrought, and light they caught
To hide gems on hilt of sword.

On silver necklaces they strung
The flowering stars, on crowns they hung
The dragon-fire, in twisted wire
They meshed the light of moon and sun.

Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away, ere break of day,
To claim our long-forgotten gold.

Goblets they carved there for themselves
And harps of gold: where no man delves
There lay they long, and many a song
Was sung unheard by men or elves.

The pines were roaring on the height,
The winds were moaning in the night.
The fire was red, it flaming spread;
The trees like torches blazed with light.

The bells were ringing in the dale
And men looked up with faces pale;
The dragon's ire more fierce than fire
Laid low their towers and houses frail
The mountain smoke beneath the moon;
The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom.
They fled their hall to dying fall
Beneath his feet, beneath the moon.

Far over the misty mountains grim
To dungeons dep and caverns dim
We must awway, ere break of day
To win our harps and gold from him!
-J.R.R Tolkien's the Hobbit, page 13-15 of the 50th aniversery edition

ahh...i think the hobbit was the best.

[stargirl]

*nods*So that's from a book called The Hobit..

[Eco]

I've read it. Its good

[Spike]

yeah its great

[Eco]

If there making a movie.

[MattGUesting]

It's the prequel, for those who haven't read it, to Lord of the Rings. Y'know how in the first movie, you hear Gandalf saying to Frodo "If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved!"? This book is the "incident with the dragon".

I went and saw The Hobbit put on as a puppet show once. It was actually pretty cool and not kiddie at all.

Oh, and Star, as the post has drifted a bit, I'll say... That's a cool enough poem for people who like that sort of poem ^_^

[Eco]

hmm.......I must agree

[Matt_TY]

Bumping this topic because I remember a poet whose work I do admire...

if you get a chance, find the works of "Banjo" Patterson and read them, because they are great. He wrote that "Waltzing Matilda" song us Aussies are inordinately proud of for some reason. Of his poetry work, try "Clancy of the Overflow", "The Man from Snowy River" and "The Man from Ironbark".

[Ashura]

hmmm, poetry, ah yes..meh its alright, i mean it's better than english class (we get to either get to read poetry or do work).

[Eco]

I would not know how to choose