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Olorin · 04-26-2003, 08:01 AM

Hey, I picked up the Two Towers yesterday and started reading. I haven't read any LotR in a long time so maybe I'm just forgetting something. In Herbs and Stewed Rabbits, Foromir, Frodo and the rest speak of a rhyme. I don't remember any rhyme. Could some one please clue me in? Thanks.

Nuranar · 04-26-2003, 08:28 AM

They speak of the riddle which brought Boromir to Rivendell:

Seek for the Sword that was broken:
In Imladris it dwells;
There shall be counsels taken
Stronger than Morgul-spells.
There shall be shown a token
That Doom is near at hand,
For Isildur's Bane shall waken,
And the Halfling forth shall stand.

Does this ring a bell? I'd add more details, but I haven't got a copy of FotR with me. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Olorin · 04-26-2003, 09:01 AM

Thanks for the riddle. Just one more thing, does any one know where in the book it is?

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 04-26-2003, 09:21 AM

Book II, Chapter II: The Council of Elrond. Boromir recites it when relating the dream experienced by himself and Faramir.

Olorin · 04-26-2003, 09:48 AM

Ah, thank you, now I remember.

04-26-2003, 08:01 AM	#1
Olorin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Where the sun sails and the moon walks. Posts: 155	Question Hey, I picked up the Two Towers yesterday and started reading. I haven't read any LotR in a long time so maybe I'm just forgetting something. In Herbs and Stewed Rabbits, Foromir, Frodo and the rest speak of a rhyme. I don't remember any rhyme. Could some one please clue me in? Thanks. __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

04-26-2003, 08:28 AM	#2
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	They speak of the riddle which brought Boromir to Rivendell: Seek for the Sword that was broken: In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. There shall be shown a token That Doom is near at hand, For Isildur's Bane shall waken, And the Halfling forth shall stand. Does this ring a bell? I'd add more details, but I haven't got a copy of FotR with me. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey

04-26-2003, 09:01 AM	#3
Olorin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Where the sun sails and the moon walks. Posts: 155	Thanks for the riddle. Just one more thing, does any one know where in the book it is? __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

04-26-2003, 09:21 AM	#4
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Book II, Chapter II: The Council of Elrond. Boromir recites it when relating the dream experienced by himself and Faramir. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

04-26-2003, 09:48 AM	#5
Olorin Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Where the sun sails and the moon walks. Posts: 155	Ah, thank you, now I remember. __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.