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An Elven-maid there was of old, |
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A shining star by day: |
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Her mantle white was hemmed with gold, |
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Her shoes of silver-grey. |
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A star was bound upon her brows, |
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A light was on her hair |
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As sun upon the golden boughs |
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In Lórien the fair. |
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Her hair was long, her limbs were white, |
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And fair she was and free; |
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And in the wind she went as light |
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As leaf of linden-tree. |
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Beside the falls of Nimrodel, |
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By water clear and cool, |
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Her voice as falling silver fell |
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Into the shining pool. |
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Where now she wanders none can tell, |
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In sunlight or in shade; |
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For lost of yore was Nimrodel |
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And in the mountains strayed. |
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The elven-ship in haven grey |
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Beneath the mountain-lee |
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Awaited her for many a day |
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Beside the roaring sea. |
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A wind by night in Northern lands |
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Arose, and loud it cried, |
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And drove the ship from elven-strands |
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Across the streaming tide. |
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When dawn came dim the land was lost, |
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The mountains sinking grey |
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Beyond the heaving waves that tossed |
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Their plumes of blinding spray. |
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Amroth beheld the fading shore |
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Now low beyond the swell, |
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And cursed the faithless ship that bore |
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Him far from Nimrodel. |
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Of old he was an Elven-king, |
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A lord of tree and glen, |
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When golden were the boughs in spring |
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In fair Lothlórien. |
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From helm to sea they saw him leap, |
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As arrow from the string, |
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And dive into the water deep, |
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As mew upon the wing. |
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The wind was in his flowing hair, |
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The foam about him shone; |
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Afar they saw him strong and fair |
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Go riding like a swan. |
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But from the West has come no word, |
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And on the Hither Shore |
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No tidings Elven-folk have heard |
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Of Amroth evermore. |
