The Lays of Beleriand by J.R.R. Tolkien

Author:J.R.R. Tolkien [Tolkien, J.R.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0100-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Now it befell on summer night,

upon a lawn where lingering light

yet lay and faded faint and grey,

that Luthien danced while he did play.

The chestnuts on the turf had shed 515

their flowering candles, white and red;

there darkling stood a silent elm

and pale beneath its shadow-helm

there glimmered faint the umbels thick

of hemlocks like a mist, and quick 520

the moths on pallid wings of white

with tiny eyes of fiery light

were fluttering softly, and the voles

crept out to listen from their holes;

the little owls were hushed and still; 525

the moon was yet behind the hill.

Her arms like ivory were gleaming,

her long hair like a cloud was streaming,

her feet atwinkle wandered roaming

in misty mazes in the gloaming; 530

and glowworms shimmered round her feet,

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