XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.religion.tolkienology   
   XPost: alt.fantasy, alt.religion.druid   
   From: le@lekno.ws   
      
   In alt.fan.tolkien David Dalton  wrote:   
   > On Feb 1, 2026, David Dalton wrote   
   > (in article<0001HW.2F3007CE0297FA6330B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
   >   
   >> From The Silmarillion by Tolkien:   
   >>   
   >> He chanted a song of wizardry,   
   >> Of piercing, opening, of treachery,   
   >> Revealing, uncovering, betraying.   
   >> Then suddenly Felagund there swaying   
   >> Sang in answer a song of staying,   
   >> Resisting, battling against power,   
   >> Of secrets kept, strength like a tower,   
   >> And trust unbroken, freedom, escape;   
   >> Of changing and of shifting shape,   
   >> Of snares eluded, broken traps,   
   >> The prison opening, the chain that snaps.   
   >>   
   >> I crossed off everything that followed.   
      
   ...but Finrod fell before the throne.   
      
   -=-=-   
   The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)