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'''Lament for the Rohirrim''', also identified by its first line, '''''Where now the Horse and the Rider?''''', is a song about [[Eorl]].


'''Lament for the Rohirrim'''
==History==
On their way to [[Edoras]], [[Aragorn]] spoke an ancient rhyme to characterize the [[Rohirrim]]. The poem was written long ago by a forgotten poet.<ref>{{HM|TT}}, "[[The King of the Golden Hall]]"</ref>


==Text==
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">  
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">  
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?  
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?  
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Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?  
Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?  
</poem>
</poem>
==Portrayal in adaptations==
'''2002: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'':'''
:[[Théoden]] recites some lines at the [[Hornburg]], lamenting how alone the Rohirrim stand.
:The remaining lines are sung in Old English on the score in the background in the above and other scenes.
{{references}}


[[Category: Poems]]  
[[Category: Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]  
[[Category: The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category: The Lord of the Rings]]
Sung by: Aragorn (on his way to Edoras with Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf)
Composer: "a forgotten poet long ago in Rohan"
About: Eorl the Young
Source: Tolkien's ''The Two Towers''
Book Three, Chapter VI

Revision as of 17:06, 31 March 2016

This article describes a concept which is mentioned in J.R.R. Tolkien's works, but was never given a definite name.

Lament for the Rohirrim, also identified by its first line, Where now the Horse and the Rider?, is a song about Eorl.

History

On their way to Edoras, Aragorn spoke an ancient rhyme to characterize the Rohirrim. The poem was written long ago by a forgotten poet.[1]

Text

 
Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow.
Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning,
Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?

Portrayal in adaptations

2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:

Théoden recites some lines at the Hornburg, lamenting how alone the Rohirrim stand.
The remaining lines are sung in Old English on the score in the background in the above and other scenes.

References