J.R.R. Tolkien Quote
Ent. When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf, and sap is inthe bough;When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind ison the brow;When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen themountain-air,Come back to me! Come back to me, and say myland is fair!entwife. When Spring is come to garth and field, and corn isin the blade;When blossom like a shining snow is on the orchardlaid;When shower and Sun upon the Earth withfragrance fill the air,I’ll linger here, and will not come, because my land isfair.ent. When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon ofgoldBeneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of treesunfold;When woodland halls are green and cool, and windis in the West,Come back to me! Come back to me, and say myland is best!entwife. When Summer warms the hanging fruit and burnsthe berry brown;622 the two towersWhen straw is gold, and ear is white, and harvestcomes to town;When honey spills, and apple swells, though wind bein the West,I’ll linger here beneath the Sun, because my land isbest!ent. When Winter comes, the winter wild that hill andwood shall slay;When trees shall fall and starless night devour thesunless day;When wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitterrainI’ll look for thee, and call to thee; I’ll come to theeagain!entwife. When Winter comes, and singing ends; whendarkness falls at last;When broken is the barren bough, and light andlabour past;I’ll look for thee, and wait for thee, until we meetagain:Together we will take the road beneath the bitterrain!both. Together we will take the road that leads into theWest,And far away will find a land where both our heartsmay rest.
Ent. When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf, and sap is inthe bough;When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind ison the brow;When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen themountain-air,Come back to me! Come back to me, and say myland is fair!entwife. When Spring is come to garth and field, and corn isin the blade;When blossom like a shining snow is on the orchardlaid;When shower and Sun upon the Earth withfragrance fill the air,I’ll linger here, and will not come, because my land isfair.ent. When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon ofgoldBeneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of treesunfold;When woodland halls are green and cool, and windis in the West,Come back to me! Come back to me, and say myland is best!entwife. When Summer warms the hanging fruit and burnsthe berry brown;622 the two towersWhen straw is gold, and ear is white, and harvestcomes to town;When honey spills, and apple swells, though wind bein the West,I’ll linger here beneath the Sun, because my land isbest!ent. When Winter comes, the winter wild that hill andwood shall slay;When trees shall fall and starless night devour thesunless day;When wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitterrainI’ll look for thee, and call to thee; I’ll come to theeagain!entwife. When Winter comes, and singing ends; whendarkness falls at last;When broken is the barren bough, and light andlabour past;I’ll look for thee, and wait for thee, until we meetagain:Together we will take the road beneath the bitterrain!both. Together we will take the road that leads into theWest,And far away will find a land where both our heartsmay rest.
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About J.R.R. Tolkien
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and a Fellow of Pembroke College, both at the University of Oxford. He then moved within the same university to become the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, and held these positions from 1945 until his retirement in 1959. Tolkien was a close friend of C. S. Lewis, a co-member of the informal literary discussion group The Inklings. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.
After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called Arda and, within it, Middle-earth. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term legendarium to the larger part of these writings.
While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the tremendous success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ignited a profound interest in the fantasy genre and ultimately precipitated an avalanche of new fantasy books and authors. As a result, he has been popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature—or, more precisely, of high fantasy, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time.