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All That is Gold Does Not Glitter
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
JRR Tolkien
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Lucy Anonymus (6/7/2008 10:34:00 AM)
It`s one of my favorite poems, and I wonder how many people tried to turn it into music yet...? ? ? |
Sean Andrews (4/29/2008 10:31:00 PM)
Bingo, the couple folks who mentioned “Golden hearts” and the like I believe have it right, Gold being a reference for something good/valuable doesn’t have to glitter i.e. the metal, it can be found in many other places/forms. Some people “wander” merely to look and see what they see, fairly self-evident. “old that is strong…deep roots” if founded on good morals and established and maintained with those original ideals in place then “does not wither…not reached by frost” I’m thinking personally of the church, but it can be applied to many things countries, constitutions, any system where good principals go into the founding, and those ideals are maintained throughout will weather storms and not die. “ashes…shadows” “fire…light” broken blade, renewed all these seem to say no matter how dark it gets hope, light, renewal, will come back…I hate to quote the movie but as it does come from Mr Tolkien “this too shall pass.” As far as the last line I too believe he was speaking of Christ, hence my first thought above being of the church…taken in context the entire poem could potentially be one big reference to the second coming of Christ, maybe those faithful who remain in faith are the gold? Likely though its meant to be a little more encompassing and vague for that reason. |
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