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Lush · 05-21-2002, 09:51 PM

It was a slow night at work today, and I was leafing through my Norton Anthology of Poetry when I came across Robert Browning's poem, "The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church." I have lost too many brain cells while partying in recent days to fully comprehend the poem, but one name, repeated throughout, made me take notice, the name Gandolf. Now, you may think me perfectly weird, but is this where Tolkien got his inspiration to name our favorite Grey/White Wizard?

05-21-2002, 09:51 PM	#1
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Gandolf? Inquiring nerds need to know. It was a slow night at work today, and I was leafing through my Norton Anthology of Poetry when I came across Robert Browning's poem, "The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church." I have lost too many brain cells while partying in recent days to fully comprehend the poem, but one name, repeated throughout, made me take notice, the name Gandolf. Now, you may think me perfectly weird, but is this where Tolkien got his inspiration to name our favorite Grey/White Wizard? __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~