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§f.§4§l -----§0
§f..§0§l Durin§0
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§0 J.R.R. Tolkien§0
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§0The Western Seas have passed away.§0
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§0The world was fair§0
§0in Durin's Day.
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§0A king he was§0
§0on carven throne§0
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§0In many-pillared§0
§0halls of stone
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§0With golden roof§0
§0and silver floor,§0
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§0And runes of power upon the door.§0
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§0The light of sun§0
§0and star and moon§0
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§0In shining lamps§0
§0of crystal hewn
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§0Undimmed by cloud§0
§0or shade of night§0
§0
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§0There shown for ever fair and bright.
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§0There hammer on§0
§0the anvil smote,§0
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§0There chisel clove,§0
§0and graver wrote;
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§0There forged§0
§0was blade,§0
§0and bound was hilt;§0
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§0The delver mined,§0
§0the mason built.
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§0There beryl, pearl, and opal pale,§0
§0
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§0And metal wrought§0
§0like fishes' mail,
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§0Buckler and corslet, axe and sword,§0
§0
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§0And shining spears were laid in hoard.
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§0Unwearied then§0
§0were Durin's folk;§0
§0
§0
§0Beneath the§0
§0mountain music woke:
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§0The harpers harped, the minstrels sang,§0
§0
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§0And at the gates§0
§0the trumpets rang.
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§0The world is grey,§0
§0the mountains old,§0
§0
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§0The forge's fire§0
§0is ashen-cold;
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§0No harp is wrung,§0
§0no hammer falls:§0
§0
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§0The darkness dwells in Durin's halls;
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§0The shadow lies§0
§0upon his tomb§0
§0
§0
§0In Moria,§0
§0in Khazad-dum.
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§0But still the§0
§0sunken stars appear§0
§0
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§0In dark and windless Mirrormere;
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§0There lies his crown in water deep.§0
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§0Till Durin wakes§0
§0again from sleep.
