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“The song I can sing is as shreds one remembers
Of golden imaginings fashioned in sleep,
A whispered tale told by the withering embers
Of old things far off that but few hearts keep.”
~ from The Bidding of the Minstrel from The Lay of Earendel
— Apr 15, 2025 07:30AM
Of golden imaginings fashioned in sleep,
A whispered tale told by the withering embers
Of old things far off that but few hearts keep.”
~ from The Bidding of the Minstrel from The Lay of Earendel
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Leaflet
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The Pool of Forgetfulness is a good autumnal poem. I also liked better the version of Tinfang Warble that returns in the poem Over Old Hills and Far Away.
In honor of that ubiquitous purple typewriter ribbon:
The purple ribbon of Leeds,
The clue the researcher needs,
To date Tolkien’s verse,
Riddled with faint writing or worse,
Thus the ordering of poems succeeds.
— Jun 02, 2025 12:17PM
In honor of that ubiquitous purple typewriter ribbon:
The purple ribbon of Leeds,
The clue the researcher needs,
To date Tolkien’s verse,
Riddled with faint writing or worse,
Thus the ordering of poems succeeds.
Leaflet
is on page 216 of 1620
Random Thought: someone ought to write a poem entitled, “The Purple Ribbon of Leeds.”
— May 21, 2025 09:43AM
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The page numbers are all wrong. I have a total of 1501 pp.
I'd change it but 1620 is the 'official' number and someone would change it back again. The pagination for the various editions is confusing. GR has four editions - two ebooks, two hardcovers. A US edition of each and a UK edition of each. All are different, none are 1501. I can't imagine why the UK Kindle edition would have about 1000 pages more than the US Kindle edition. There's clearly a problem with the edition info almost everywhere. However, I found a seller listing that said 1501 pages for the US edition.
