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Trying something different
I do not know, but one can imagine that your Troll prey to prey on others, or the remnants of the old spoils at some confidentiality in the mountains found
I do not know, but one can imagine that your Troll prey to prey on others, or the remnants of the old spoils at some confidentiality in the mountains found
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From The Hobbit? Verses about *the* Trolls?
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Yes! This time I translated from the LAtin version
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(Semi unrelated but Alatar, did I ever tell you I bought the Irish version of The Hobbit? That would be fun to pull random quotes out of!)
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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I bought it also! Might be worth trying.
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Do you have the quote?Inanna wrote:From The Hobbit? Verses about *the* Trolls?
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Inanna?
"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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Aaah. I keep forgetting. Ignore me people & carry on.
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I would guess that it is Elrond talking about Orcrist and Glamdring (and Sting): "I could not say," said Elrond, "but one may guess that your trolls had plundered other plunderers, or come on the remnants of old robberies in some hold in the mountains of the North."
But that isn't a "verse" so maybe not.
But that isn't a "verse" so maybe not.
"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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Thats the one. I was saying yes to the bit about trolls, not specifically that it was a verse.
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So, I was on the wrong track, anyway! Your comment was confusing, Al.
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Staying with that theme, here's the new one:
Troll muttering bare old bones sitting on stone seat
Troll muttering bare old bones sitting on stone seat
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Don't even need to look this one up
Troll sat alone on his seat of stone
and he munched and mumbled a bare old bone
for many a year he had gnawed it near, for meat was hard to come by
(I think? working from memory)
Troll sat alone on his seat of stone
and he munched and mumbled a bare old bone
for many a year he had gnawed it near, for meat was hard to come by
(I think? working from memory)
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Just the first two lines.
"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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I knew that, but I just wanted to finish the verse (without the repetition at the end)
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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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But he, their master, still wins, and he saves you from this vision. His name is Mercury, the provider of freedom, ruler of all, and he must be stronger than you.
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“Master” refers to Sauron?
Or Melkor?
Or Melkor?
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Verrryyy funny, Al.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude