Nope!
ETA: But I think you have focused on the key word in the quote. Circle, however, doesn't refer to the Ring.
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Circle of Minas Tirith?
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No. Circle was changed from plural to singular.
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is someone going in circles?
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Is it Aragorn speaking to Arwen? "Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory. Farewell!"
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That's it! Well done, Eldo!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Thanks, Voronwë! Here's the next quote:
He was tired of your world.
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Does it concern the Elves?
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And is the pronoun correct?
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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The pronoun is incorrect; the original quote is a first-person statement.
The speaker is not entirely an elf.
The speaker is not entirely an elf.
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Elrond?
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Very close, but no.
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Elros?
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Equally close, but still not quite.
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Equally close, in the sense that a sibling relationship is the same degree of closeness as a parent-child relationship?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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What I was trying to convey is that on the family tree, both Elrond and Elros are at the same degree of closeness to the speaker of the quote, but your interpretation would also be accurate.
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No, it would have to be Eärendil or Elwing, based on Eldo's last comment.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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^That's correct, Voronwë.
Sorry if that was unclear; I wasn't trying to be obfuscatory.
Sorry if that was unclear; I wasn't trying to be obfuscatory.
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It must be the former, saying to the latter: 'Choose thou, for now I am weary of the world.'
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."