Google| Subject | Re: Reading LotR and the newsgroups (was Re: Don't aspire to succeed - that right belongs to America |
| From | Christopher Kreuzer |
| Date | 08/22/2004 20:42 (08/22/2004 20:42) |
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?jevind L?ng <dnivejo.gnal@swipnet.se>wrote:
?jevind L?ng
"Christopher Kreuzer" <spamgard@blueyonder.co.uk>skrev:
Frodo on Cerin Amroth in Lothlorien:Christopher Kreuzer?jevind L?ng
And a bit later, Legolas tells of the moment he heard the seagulls:
"But deep in the hearts of all my kindred lies the sea-longing, which it is perilous to stir. Alas! for the gulls. No peace shall I have again under beech or under elm."
That is very gripping. Do you remember where in the book there is a mention of "the cries of sea-birds who vanished from the world ages ago"? I can't recall it.
"Frodo stood still, hearing far off great seas upon beaches that had long ago been washed away, and sea-birds crying whose race had perished from the earth."
Galadriel's message to Legolas in 'The White Rider' chapter says:
"Legolas Greenleaf long under tree/ In joy thou hast lived. Beware of the Sea!/ If thou hearest the cry of the gull on the shore,/ Thy heart shall then rest in the forest no more."
I love the flow and rhythm of these lines. Beautiful.
The other classic 'seagulls' reference is Legolas's so-called 'Song of the Sea' from 'The Field of Cormallen':
"To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,/ The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying,/ West, west away, the round sun is falling./ Grey ship, grey ship, do you heat them calling,/ The voices of my people that have gone before me?"
I'm trying to remember other seagull, or sea-bird references. I think there might have been some in some of Frodo's dreams, but I'm not sure.
Christopher
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08/22/2004
