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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]].
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| ==History==
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| 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>
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| ==Text==
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| <poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
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| Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
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| Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?
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| Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?
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| Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?
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| They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow;
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| The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow.
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| Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning,
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| Or behold the flowing years from the Sea returning?
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| </poem>
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| ==Portrayal in adaptations==
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| '''2002: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'':'''
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| :[[Théoden]] recites some lines at the [[Hornburg]], lamenting how alone the Rohirrim stand.
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| :The remaining lines are sung in Old English on the score in the background duing the scene mentioned above, as well as others throughout The Two Towers film.
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| {{references}}
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| :The Lord of the Rings Complete Recordings Annotated Score booklet
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| [[Category: Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien]]
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| [[Category: The Lord of the Rings]]
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