Bilbo's Last Song

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Day is ended,§0 §0dim my eyes,§0 §0 §0But journey long before me lies.§0 §0 §0Farewell, friends!§0 §0I hear the call.§0 §0 §0The ship's beside the stony wall.§0 §0
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Foam is white§0 §0and waves are grey;§0 §0 §0beyond the sunset leads my way.§0 §0 §0Foam is salt,§0 §0the wind is free;§0 §0 §0I hear the rising of the sea.
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Farewell, friends!§0 §0The sails are set,§0 §0 §0the wind is east,§0 §0the moorings fret.§0 §0 §0Shadows long§0 §0before me lie,§0 §0 §0beneath the ever-bending sky,§0 §0
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but islands lie§0 §0behind the Sun§0 §0 §0that I shall raise§0 §0ere all is done;§0 §0 §0lands there are§0 §0to west of West,§0 §0 §0where night is quiet§0 §0and sleep is rest.§0 §0
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Guided by§0 §0the Lonely Star,§0 §0 §0beyond the utmost§0 §0harbour-bar,§0 §0 §0I'll find the heavens§0 §0fair and free,§0 §0 §0and beaches of§0 §0the Starlit Sea.§0 §0
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Ship my ship!§0 §0I seek the West,§0 §0 §0and fields and mountains ever blest.§0 §0 §0Farewell to Middle-earth at last.§0 §0 §0I see the star§0 §0above my mast!§0 §0