3. Nimrodel (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.