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'''An Evening in Tavrobel''' is a poem written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and published in 1924 within the Leeds University Verse 1914- | '''An Evening in Tavrobel''' is a poem written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and published in [[1924]] within the ''[[Leeds University Verse 1914-24]]'' on page 56.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=11880|articlename=Leeds University Verse 1916-1924|dated=|website=TB|accessed=29 July 2013}}</ref> It was probably written a few years earlier, in [[1916]] or [[1917]]. The poem recounts an evening in [[Tavrobel]], a place beyond the rivers [[Gruir]] and [[Afros]], where lived the elf [[Gilfanon]].<ref name=AH/> | ||
The poem has been reprinted in ''[[Three Early Poems]]'' (1991),<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=11890|articlename=Three Early Poems. 1991|dated=|website=TB|accessed=29 July 2013}}</ref> and in [[Amon Hen 242|''Amon Hen'' 242]] (2013), together with commentary by Fernando Cid Lucas and Bernardo Santano Moreno.<ref name=AH>Fernando Cid Lucas and Bernardo Santano Moreno, "El Poema ''An Evening in Tavrobel'' de J.R.R. Tolkien", in [[Amon Hen 242|''Amon Hen'' 242]] (July 2013), pp. 16-17</ref> | |||
==Poem== | |||
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;"> | |||
'Tis the time when May first looks toward June | |||
with almond-scented hawthorn strewn | |||
the tremulous day at last has run | |||
down the gold stairways of the Sun, | |||
who brimmed the buttercups with light | |||
like a clear wine she spillèd bright; | |||
and gleaming spirits there did dance | |||
and sip those goblets' radiance. | |||
Now wane they all; now comes the moon; | |||
like crystal are the dewdrops strewn | |||
beneath the eve, and twinkling gems | |||
are hung on the leaves and slender stems. | |||
Now in the grass lies many a pool, | |||
infinitesimal and cool, | |||
where tiny faces peer and laugh | |||
at glassy fragments of the stars | |||
about them mirrored, or from jars | |||
of unimagined frailty quaff | |||
This essence of the plenilune, | |||
thirsty, perchance, from dancing all noon. | |||
</poem> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]] | * [[Index:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien|Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]] | ||
{{references}} | |||
[[Category:Poems]] | [[Category:Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:26, 26 August 2020
An Evening in Tavrobel is a poem written by J.R.R. Tolkien and published in 1924 within the Leeds University Verse 1914-24 on page 56.[1] It was probably written a few years earlier, in 1916 or 1917. The poem recounts an evening in Tavrobel, a place beyond the rivers Gruir and Afros, where lived the elf Gilfanon.[2]
The poem has been reprinted in Three Early Poems (1991),[3] and in Amon Hen 242 (2013), together with commentary by Fernando Cid Lucas and Bernardo Santano Moreno.[2]
Poem
'Tis the time when May first looks toward June
with almond-scented hawthorn strewn
the tremulous day at last has run
down the gold stairways of the Sun,
who brimmed the buttercups with light
like a clear wine she spillèd bright;
and gleaming spirits there did dance
and sip those goblets' radiance.
Now wane they all; now comes the moon;
like crystal are the dewdrops strewn
beneath the eve, and twinkling gems
are hung on the leaves and slender stems.
Now in the grass lies many a pool,
infinitesimal and cool,
where tiny faces peer and laugh
at glassy fragments of the stars
about them mirrored, or from jars
of unimagined frailty quaff
This essence of the plenilune,
thirsty, perchance, from dancing all noon.
See also
References
- ↑ "Leeds University Verse 1916-1924", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 29 July 2013)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fernando Cid Lucas and Bernardo Santano Moreno, "El Poema An Evening in Tavrobel de J.R.R. Tolkien", in Amon Hen 242 (July 2013), pp. 16-17
- ↑ "Three Early Poems. 1991", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 29 July 2013)
