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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Poems
- I Sit And Think I sit beside the fire and think of all that ...
- All That Is Gold Does Not Glit... All that is gold does not ...
- One Ring Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg ...
- Journey's End In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers ...
- Cat The fat cat on the mat may seem to dream of nice mice ...
- All Woods Must Fail O! Wanderers in the shadowed ...
- The Man In The Moon Stayed Up ... There is an inn, a ...
an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature there from 1945 to 1959. He was a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.
After his death, Tolkien's son Christopher published a series of works based on his ... more »
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I Sit And Think
I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been;
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and silver sun
and wind upon my hair.
I sit beside the fire and think
of how the world will be
when winter comes without a spring
that I shall never see.
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring
there is a different green.
I sit beside the fire and think
of people long ago,
and people ...
Pity, how the world is barred from the main body of his poetical works. Perhaps the executors of his estate would finally step into the 21st century.
It's a pity there isn't a proper full anthology of Tolkien's poems as they are essential reading for all fans. I've managed to compile my own by trawling the internet and downloading them to docs on my tablet.
J.R.R. Tolkien was, in my opinion, one of if not the most creative and inspirational writers and poets of all time. His work will never fail to sweep me off into another world. May he rest in peace.
Sir JRR Tolkien always inspires me...! 1
a good writer, a good man, positively brilliant
very, very good writer and poet!
Mr L.R wants to be his freind
An expressional poet,
Easy to understand
Tolkein is the ultimate driving force of the universe! Not only as a poet, but as a writer. No one shall ever rival him for awsomeness.
The only other thing I want to say is that this site has only a very small sample of his poems, and there should be much more.