Grieve Not & Crystal Imperishable
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written_leavesDo not grieve that you yet have life
Galadriel's words to Gimli, who mourned for the loss of the glory his kind once knew - an amazing kindness between them, a comfort and a clear message of wisdom from one who knew intimately of the ravages Time could bring and the passing of seasons. With it I'm including Crystal Imperishable for the gift she bestowed on him and the faithful admiration he gave in return.
Grieve Not
Do not grieve for the empty halls of your people,
Nor for the dust upon grey rag-hidden bones.
Empty, so empty, the whispering halls...
Do not grieve, son of Durin.
I know the vastness of their dwellings
Echoes in your mind's heart, so alone.
Long-dead voices whisper your tongue,
Shades of artisans from the black depths.
Do not grieve for shrouded beauty.
There is a crying. a soundless aching clamor;
We lived, we died, all is lost,
Lost forever, forever in emptiness. Lost.
We lived, we died...
Do not grieve that you yet have life.
A filigree of precious metals cage your thoughts.
Treasures past regain a glory in your telling.
Alas, alas, glory has dimmed, passed into darkness,
Gone into black silence, gone for all time
Into emptiness.
Do not grieve their loss.
For dark were the waters, and fair were the halls
Long ago, before the kings were laid under the stone.
Fair were their days, and though darkness claims them now,
It shall not claim you.
Grieve not.
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Crystal Imperishable
So many lands I’ve looked upon,
Full treasures I have seen,
I never thought beneath these boughs
That I should find a Queen.
What are you, that undoes me so?
True form and beauty rare,
My artist’s heart full overflows –
‘Tis more than I can bear.
For this I will release my words,
Spoke ill against your kind –
Bestow upon me one last gaze
To burn within my mind.
I’ll never speak of beauty bright,
Of gems or metals fair,
For I’ve seen treasures darken, dim,
Beside your glorious hair.
O gold and silver’s sweetest light;
The moon and sun entwined,
In crystal never perishing,
Heart’s treasure safe by mine.
-
Galadriel's words to Gimli, who mourned for the loss of the glory his kind once knew - an amazing kindness between them, a comfort and a clear message of wisdom from one who knew intimately of the ravages Time could bring and the passing of seasons. With it I'm including Crystal Imperishable for the gift she bestowed on him and the faithful admiration he gave in return.
Grieve Not
Do not grieve for the empty halls of your people,
Nor for the dust upon grey rag-hidden bones.
Empty, so empty, the whispering halls...
Do not grieve, son of Durin.
I know the vastness of their dwellings
Echoes in your mind's heart, so alone.
Long-dead voices whisper your tongue,
Shades of artisans from the black depths.
Do not grieve for shrouded beauty.
There is a crying. a soundless aching clamor;
We lived, we died, all is lost,
Lost forever, forever in emptiness. Lost.
We lived, we died...
Do not grieve that you yet have life.
A filigree of precious metals cage your thoughts.
Treasures past regain a glory in your telling.
Alas, alas, glory has dimmed, passed into darkness,
Gone into black silence, gone for all time
Into emptiness.
Do not grieve their loss.
For dark were the waters, and fair were the halls
Long ago, before the kings were laid under the stone.
Fair were their days, and though darkness claims them now,
It shall not claim you.
Grieve not.
-
Crystal Imperishable
So many lands I’ve looked upon,
Full treasures I have seen,
I never thought beneath these boughs
That I should find a Queen.
What are you, that undoes me so?
True form and beauty rare,
My artist’s heart full overflows –
‘Tis more than I can bear.
For this I will release my words,
Spoke ill against your kind –
Bestow upon me one last gaze
To burn within my mind.
I’ll never speak of beauty bright,
Of gems or metals fair,
For I’ve seen treasures darken, dim,
Beside your glorious hair.
O gold and silver’s sweetest light;
The moon and sun entwined,
In crystal never perishing,
Heart’s treasure safe by mine.
-