Nimrodel Lyrics

(J.R.R.Tolkien)
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a An Elven-maid there was of old,
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A shining star by day:
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Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
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Her shoes of silver-grey.

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b A star was bound upon her brows,
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A light was on her hair
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As sun upon the golden boughs
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In Lorien the fair.

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c Her hair was long, her limbs where white,
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And fair she was and free;
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And in the wind she went as light
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As leaf of linden-tree.

a Beside the falls of Nimrodel,
By water clear and cool,
Her voice as falling silver fell
Into the shining pool.
b Where now she wanders none can tell,
In sunlight or in shade;
For lost of yore was Nimrodel
And in the mountains strayed.

c The elven-ship in haven grey
Beneath the mountain-lee
Awaited her for many a day
Beside the roaring sea.

a A wind by night in Northern lands
Arose, and loud it cried,
And drove the ship from elven-strands
Across the streaming tide.

b When dawn came dim the land was lost,
The mountains sinking grey
Beyond the heaving waves that tossed
Their plumes of blinding spray.
c Amroth beheld the fading shore
Now low beyond the swell,
And cursed the faithless ship that bore
Him far from Nimrodel.

a Of old he was an Elven-king,
A lord of tree and glen,
When golden were the boughs in spring
In fair Lothlorien.

b From helm to sea they saw him leap,
As arrow from the string,
And dive into the water deep,
As mew upon the wing.

b The wind was in his flowing hair,
The foam about him shone;
Afar they saw him strong and fair
Go riding like a swan.

c But from the West has come no word,
And on the Hither Shore
No tidings Elven-folk heard
Of Amroth evermore.