Finrod's Song

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He chanted a song§0 §0of wizardry,§0 §0 §0Of piercing, opening, of treachery,§0 §0 §0Revealing, uncovering, betraying.

Then sudden Felagund§0 §0there swaying§0 §0 §0Sang in answer§0 §0a song of staying,§0 §0 §0Resisting, battling§0 §0against power,§0 §0 §0Of secrets kept,§0 §0strength like a tower,

And trust unbroken,§0 §0freedom, escape;§0 §0 §0Of changing§0 §0and of shifting shape§0 §0 §0Of snares eluded,§0 §0broken traps,§0 §0 §0The prison opening,§0 §0the chain that snaps.§0

Backwards and forwards§0 §0swayed their song.§0 §0 §0Reeling and foundering,§0 §0as ever more strong§0 §0 §0The chanting swelled,§0 §0Felagund fought,§0 §0 §0And all the magic and might he brought

Of Elvenesse into his words.§0 §0 §0Softly in the gloom§0 §0they heard the birds§0 §0 §0Singing afar in Nargothrond,§0 §0 §0The sighing of the Sea beyond,

Beyond the western world, on sand,§0 §0 §0On sand of pearls in Elvenland.§0 §0 §0Then the gloom gathered;§0 §0darkness growing§0 §0 §0In Valinor, the red blood flowing§0 §0

Beside the Sea,§0 §0where the Noldor slew§0 §0 §0The Foamriders,§0 §0and stealing drew§0 §0 §0Their white ships§0 §0with their white sails§0 §0 §0From lamplit havens.§0 §0The wind wails,

The wolf howls.§0 §0The ravens flee.§0 §0 §0The ice mutters§0 §0in the mouths of the Sea.§0 §0 §0The captives sad§0 §0in Angband mourn.§0 §0 §0Thunder rumbles,§0 §0the fires burn --§0 §0

And Finrod fell before the throne.