Þus cwæþ Ælfwine Wídlást

Þus cwæþ Ælfwine Wídlást:
Fela bið on Westwegum werum uncúðra,
wundra ond wihta, wlitescyne lond,
eardgeard Ylfa ond Ésa bliss.
Lýt ǽnig wát hwylc his longað síe
þám þe eftsíðes yldu getwǽfeð.

Thus spake Ælfwine the far-travelled: "Many things there are in the West-regions unknown to Men, marvels and strange beings: a land lovely to behold, the homeland of the Elves and the bliss of the Gods. Little doth any man know what longing is his whom old age cutteth off from return."

—J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lost Road, The History of Middle-Earth V, pp 44, 103, and 203.
Posted by Tim at 1/25/2009 07:00:00 AM
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  1. Unknown6/10/2014 10:06:00 PM

    Thanks, Tim – I really appreciated all these quotes under the Tolkien tag!

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