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 Post subject: The Lays of Beleriand
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 10:05 pm 
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I saw this at the bookstore the other day advertized as the History of middle Earth Vol. 3 as well as The Long Road: The History of Middle Earth Vol. 5.

The Lay of Beleriand talks about Beren and Luthien alot, Hurin and has a poem called The Fall of Gondolin in it. This looks like must reading 4 any1 who has read LOTR and the Sil. I remember Beren but haven't read this book--is this totally new stuff and not yanked from the other books? The Long Road is co-written by Christoper. And is there a History of Middle Earth Vol. 4? And now Danlo looked in that direction, too. He remembered that snowy owls mate in the darkest part of deep winter, and so along with this beautiful white bird perched in a tree a hundred feet away, he turned to face the sea as he watched and waited.

Ahira, Ahira, he called out silently to the sky. Ahira, Ahira<i></i>


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 Post subject: Re: The Lays of Beleriand
PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:21 am 
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We have the Lays, and they are the telling of some of the stories from the Sil in poetic form. These are volumes from what some people call HOME -- the History of Middle Earth. I know that there are many volumes, but am not sure of how many. I want to say 10 or 12?

here is an early bit from the Lay of Leithian, the story of Beren and Luthien...

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Such lissom limbs no more shall run
on the green earth beneath the sun;
so fair a maid no more shall be
from dawn to dusk, from sun to sea.
Her robe was blue as summer skies,
but grey as evening were her eyes,
'twas sewn with golden lilies fair,
but dark as shadow was her hair.
Her feet were light as bird on wing,
her laughter lighter than the spring;
the slender willow, the bowing reed,
the fragrance of a flowering mead,
the light upon the leaves of trees,
the voice of water, more than these
her beauty was and blissfulness,
her glory and her loveliness;
and her the king more dear did prize
than hand or heart of light of eyes.
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and here is where Beren first sees Luthien, after all of his suffering, and having been lost in the winter of the world and his own heart:

A sparkle through the darkling trees,
a piercing glint of light he sees,
and there she dances all alone
upon a treeless knoll of stone!
her mantle blue with jewels white
caught all the rays of frosted light.
She shone with cold and wintry flame,
as dancing down the hill she came,
and passed his watchful silent gaze,
a glimmer as of stars ablaze.
And snowdrops sprang beneath her feet,
and one bird, sudden, late and sweet,
shrilled as she wayward passed along.
A frozen brook to bubbling song
awoke and laughed; but Beren stood
still bound enchanted in the wood.
Her starlight faded and the night
closed o'er the snowdrops glimmering white. Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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 Post subject: Re: The Lays of Beleriand
PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:17 pm 
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Beautiful stuff! Time 2 break poor piggy! And now Danlo looked in that direction, too. He remembered that snowy owls mate in the darkest part of deep winter, and so along with this beautiful white bird perched in a tree a hundred feet away, he turned to face the sea as he watched and waited.

Ahira, Ahira, he called out silently to the sky. Ahira, Ahira<i></i>


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 Post subject: Re: The Lays of Beleriand
PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 4:20 am 
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Duchess is right - there are 10 or 12 volumes in the History of Middle-Earth series (I can't remember which, either, although I'm inclined to say 10). They're on my TBR somewhere...

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 Post subject: Re: The Lays of Beleriand
PostPosted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 7:39 am 
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I own The Book of Lost Tales I and II, the first two volumes in the History of Middle Earth series. They are both very textbookish and hard going.

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 Post subject: Re: The Lays of Beleriand
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Some of the home books are a hard read...but the Lays are pretty fine. ******************************************************

Our lives are the songs that sing the universe into existence.~David Zindell
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 Post subject: Re: The Lays of Beleriand
PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:27 pm 
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That sounds like something that should be said in the pr0n thread.

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