"Minor works" Quotes - Page 8 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Envinyatar · 04-16-2003, 03:53 PM

Tídwald to Torhthelm:

"Aye, that's the battle for you,
and no worse today than wars you sing of,
when Fróda fell, and Finn was slain.
The world wept then, as it weeps today:
you can hear the tears through the harp's
twanging. . ."

"The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son" - The Tolkien Reader

[ April 16, 2003: Message edited by: Envinyatar ]

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 04-17-2003, 05:49 PM

Envinyatar has it. Welcome to the thread, and you may quote when ready.

Envinyatar · 04-17-2003, 06:01 PM

'Lo, this is one of the ring of Harbourless Isles, that draw all ships toward their hidden rocks and quaking sands, lest Men fare over far upon Garsecg and see things that are not for them to see . . .'

Envinyatar · 04-18-2003, 03:21 PM

My mistake! That quote above was from BoLT II, The History of Eriol, and not form The List, which I am putting here to remind myself and any others who might join:

Farmer Giles of Ham
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Leaf by Niggle
Smith of Wootton Major
On Fairy Stories
Mythopoeia
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Father Christmas Letters
The Monsters and the Critics
Roverandom
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun
A Secret Vice
_____________________________________________

And here's a more acceptable offering:

He bewitched a piece off somebody's window curtains . . .

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 04-20-2003, 09:06 AM

That's the Man in the Moon to Rover, concerning Artaxerxes' trousers, from Roverandom.

Envinyatar · 04-20-2003, 10:15 AM

Yes, indeed. Please continue.

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 04-20-2003, 12:44 PM

Very well then. Let's see what you make of this one:

Quote:

A barrel of a boy with a big mouth like a frog's.

Envinyatar · 04-21-2003, 12:52 AM

I should have thought it was a nice boy with a friendly grin, eh?!

Master Nokes talking to Prentice about the missing Star trinket from the Great Cake:

"Oh, did she? Well, it was Cooper's Harry then. A barrel of a boy with a big mouth like a frog's."

Smith of Wootton Major

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 04-26-2003, 08:31 AM

That it is. Carry on. Sorry about the delay.

HerenIstarion · 05-08-2003, 03:55 PM

With an important tone and smile of the father founder, I ask you, Envinyatar, where are you?
[img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[ May 08, 2003: Message edited by: HerenIstarion ]

alaklondewen · 05-28-2003, 09:03 AM

I really enjoy this thread, so I'm bringing it up to the top and offering the next quote.

Quote:

all hail and life both long and sweet,

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-06-2003, 05:53 AM

I'm so glad this thread didn't die while I was gone! alaklondewen, can you give a little clue, so that I have an idea where to start searching for it?

alaklondewen · 06-06-2003, 08:30 AM

Welcome back, Estelyn! The above quote is from a work that was not written in prose. It is also a rather obscure work.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-08-2003, 02:36 PM

That was a tough one, since it's from a very obscure work indeed! I finally found it:

Quote:

...all hail and life both long and sweet,
wherein desire at last to meet!

says Itroun to Aotrou in The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun.

[ June 08, 2003: Message edited by: Estelyn Telcontar ]

alaklondewen · 06-10-2003, 08:43 AM

Correct you are, Estelyn! It is one of my favorite 'minor' works by the professor. The board is now yours.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-11-2003, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Yes, I think I shall express the accusative case by a prefix!

Bruce MacCulloch · 06-11-2003, 09:00 AM

That was quite a tricky one, Esty! You had me rummaging to find it for quite a while. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

It was a little man, whose name he had forgotten that the Professor wrote of in "A secret Vice".

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-11-2003, 10:39 AM

[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] - Nice to have kept you busy for awhile, Bruce! You're right, of course, and therefore entitled to pose the next quote.

Bruce MacCulloch · 06-11-2003, 08:30 PM

Quote:

'I aint a-going to say'

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-13-2003, 09:03 AM

That was Perry-the-Winkle in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

Bruce MacCulloch · 06-14-2003, 12:02 AM

Oooh! Not too shabby, Esty. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-14-2003, 03:26 AM

Here's new one that tickles my fancy:

Quote:

I don't believe half of them know where they are going to, or why they are going there, or would know it if they got there.

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-18-2003, 01:30 PM

Such a nice quote - anyone going to take a guess?

alaklondewen · 06-22-2003, 08:53 PM

Well, what I thought it was it wasn't. Estelyn, would you mind giving us some kind of direction?

Thanks.

Beren87 · 06-22-2003, 08:59 PM

Is it about the Knights going to see Chrysophylax?

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-23-2003, 10:14 AM

Nope, wrong story, Beren. I will gladly give a clue - the quote comes from a children's tale.

HerenIstarion · 06-29-2003, 12:06 PM

that must be Rover about motorvehicles passing him by

Estelyn Telcontar · 06-29-2003, 02:57 PM

Finally!! That's it, HI, and how nice to have you back on the thread again! I look forward to seeing what you have next for us.

HerenIstarion · 06-29-2003, 03:50 PM

thx, Estelyn [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Quote:

I would not have, thee run nor ride
to-day nor ever from my side

alaklondewen · 06-30-2003, 09:31 PM

This is Itroun to Aotrou after Itroun gave birth. She says:

Quote:

I would not have, thee run nor ride
to-day nor ever from my side;
yet after sickness, after pain,
oft cometh hunger sharp again.

[ July 03, 2003: Message edited by: alaklondewen ]

HerenIstarion · 07-03-2003, 08:34 AM

that's it, alaklondewen, go ahead [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

alaklondewen · 07-05-2003, 08:35 AM

Thank you, HerenIstarion.

Quote:

Speak to me words! Show me a face!

HerenIstarion · 07-09-2003, 03:39 AM

that is first speaker of "Sea-Bell", self appointed king of a new found land:

Quote:

Here now I stand, king of this land,
with gladdon-sword and reed-mace.

Answer my call! Come forth all!
Speak to me words! Show me a face!'

alaklondewen · 07-09-2003, 07:40 AM

Very good! The poem is one of my favorites from the Professor. The floor is now yours. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

HerenIstarion · 07-09-2003, 09:04 AM

*H-I bows

next one:

Quote:

What hast thou, lord, to give to me?

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 07-13-2003, 07:41 AM

Quote:

..."We meet again
here after waiting, after pain!
Aotrou! Lo! thou hast returned—
perchance some kindness I have earned?
What hast thou, lord, to give to me
whom thou hast come thus far to see,"

It's Itroun to Aotrou from the eponymous Lay (thanks go to Estelyn for e-mailing me the complete text).

Estelyn Telcontar · 07-13-2003, 08:45 AM

(...which I only did because, as far as I know, it's not in print anywhere anymore...)

HerenIstarion · 07-14-2003, 01:23 PM

oh laziness imposed by the use of "find" option of MS Word! Both you esteemed lore masters (and mistresses) failed to notice that speaker named is wrong [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img], for it is Corrigan speaking and no other...

yet since the passage given is absolutely correct, I count it as a score and invite you to proceed [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 07-14-2003, 01:52 PM

I'm not sure that I deserve to proceed after so egregious a mistake, but I shall nonetheless.

Quote:

It isn't a bad place, I'm told

Estelyn Telcontar · 07-15-2003, 02:02 AM

I thought you were talking about the Barrow-Downs forum, Squatter, but I found out that the quote has a different source! It's the seagull Mew, speaking to Roverandom of the Isle of Lost Dogs.

04-16-2003, 03:53 PM	#281
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	Tídwald to Torhthelm: "Aye, that's the battle for you, and no worse today than wars you sing of, when Fróda fell, and Finn was slain. The world wept then, as it weeps today: you can hear the tears through the harp's twanging. . ." "The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son" - The Tolkien Reader [ April 16, 2003: Message edited by: Envinyatar ] __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

04-17-2003, 05:49 PM	#282
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Envinyatar has it. Welcome to the thread, and you may quote when ready. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

04-17-2003, 06:01 PM	#283
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	'Lo, this is one of the ring of Harbourless Isles, that draw all ships toward their hidden rocks and quaking sands, lest Men fare over far upon Garsecg and see things that are not for them to see . . .' __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

04-18-2003, 03:21 PM	#284
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	My mistake! That quote above was from BoLT II, The History of Eriol, and not form The List, which I am putting here to remind myself and any others who might join: Farmer Giles of Ham The Adventures of Tom Bombadil Leaf by Niggle Smith of Wootton Major On Fairy Stories Mythopoeia The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Father Christmas Letters The Monsters and the Critics Roverandom The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun A Secret Vice _____________________________________________ And here's a more acceptable offering: He bewitched a piece off somebody's window curtains . . . __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

04-20-2003, 09:06 AM	#285
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	That's the Man in the Moon to Rover, concerning Artaxerxes' trousers, from Roverandom. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

04-20-2003, 10:15 AM	#286
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	Yes, indeed. Please continue. __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

04-21-2003, 12:52 AM	#288
Envinyatar Quill Revenant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through the Downs..... Posts: 849	I should have thought it was a nice boy with a friendly grin, eh?! Master Nokes talking to Prentice about the missing Star trinket from the Great Cake: "Oh, did she? Well, it was Cooper's Harry then. A barrel of a boy with a big mouth like a frog's." Smith of Wootton Major __________________ ‘Many are the strange chances of the world,’ said Mithrandir, ‘and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.’ – Gandalf in: The Silmarillion, 'Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age'

04-26-2003, 08:31 AM	#289
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	That it is. Carry on. Sorry about the delay. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?

05-08-2003, 03:55 PM	#290
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	With an important tone and smile of the father founder, I ask you, Envinyatar, where are you? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [ May 08, 2003: Message edited by: HerenIstarion ] __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

06-06-2003, 05:53 AM	#292
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I'm so glad this thread didn't die while I was gone! alaklondewen, can you give a little clue, so that I have an idea where to start searching for it? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-06-2003, 08:30 AM	#293
alaklondewen Song of Seregon Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Following the road less traveled Posts: 1,193	Welcome back, Estelyn! The above quote is from a work that was not written in prose. It is also a rather obscure work. __________________ At last I understand why we have waited! This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!

06-10-2003, 08:43 AM	#295
alaklondewen Song of Seregon Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Following the road less traveled Posts: 1,193	Correct you are, Estelyn! It is one of my favorite 'minor' works by the professor. The board is now yours. __________________ At last I understand why we have waited! This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!

06-11-2003, 09:00 AM	#297
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	That was quite a tricky one, Esty! You had me rummaging to find it for quite a while. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] It was a little man, whose name he had forgotten that the Professor wrote of in "A secret Vice". __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

06-11-2003, 10:39 AM	#298
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] - Nice to have kept you busy for awhile, Bruce! You're right, of course, and therefore entitled to pose the next quote. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-13-2003, 09:03 AM	#300
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	That was Perry-the-Winkle in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-14-2003, 12:02 AM	#301
Bruce MacCulloch Dead Man of Dunharrow Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 651	Oooh! Not too shabby, Esty. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ `A blunderbuss, was it?' said he, scratching his head. `I thought it was horseflies!'

06-18-2003, 01:30 PM	#303
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Such a nice quote - anyone going to take a guess? __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-22-2003, 08:53 PM	#304
alaklondewen Song of Seregon Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Following the road less traveled Posts: 1,193	Well, what I thought it was it wasn't. Estelyn, would you mind giving us some kind of direction? Thanks. __________________ At last I understand why we have waited! This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!

06-22-2003, 08:59 PM	#305
Beren87 Master of the Secret Fire Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between fire and ice, death and life Posts: 2,241	Is it about the Knights going to see Chrysophylax?

06-23-2003, 10:14 AM	#306
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Nope, wrong story, Beren. I will gladly give a clue - the quote comes from a children's tale. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

06-29-2003, 12:06 PM	#307
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	that must be Rover about motorvehicles passing him by __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

06-29-2003, 02:57 PM	#308
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Finally!! That's it, HI, and how nice to have you back on the thread again! I look forward to seeing what you have next for us. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

07-03-2003, 08:34 AM	#311
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	that's it, alaklondewen, go ahead [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

07-09-2003, 07:40 AM	#314
alaklondewen Song of Seregon Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Following the road less traveled Posts: 1,193	Very good! The poem is one of my favorites from the Professor. The floor is now yours. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ At last I understand why we have waited! This is the ending. Now not day only shall be beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all its fear pass away!

07-13-2003, 08:45 AM	#317
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	(...which I only did because, as far as I know, it's not in print anywhere anymore...) __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

07-14-2003, 01:23 PM	#318
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	oh laziness imposed by the use of "find" option of MS Word! Both you esteemed lore masters (and mistresses) failed to notice that speaker named is wrong [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img], for it is Corrigan speaking and no other... yet since the passage given is absolutely correct, I count it as a score and invite you to proceed [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time!

07-15-2003, 02:02 AM	#320
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I thought you were talking about the Barrow-Downs forum, Squatter, but I found out that the quote has a different source! It's the seagull Mew, speaking to Roverandom of the Isle of Lost Dogs. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'