Poems Early Abandoned

The Lays of Beleriand chapters
The Lay of the Children of Húrin Poems Early Abandoned The Lay of Leithian The Lay of Leithian Recommenced

Poems Early Abandoned is the second chapter of The Lays of Beleriand. During his time on the University of Leeds (1920-1925), Tolkien embarked on five distinct poetical works concerned with the matter of his mythology, but only the Lay of Leithian and the Lay of the Children of Húrin were further than the openings. This chapter treats in turn those abandoned poems.

Contents

• The Flight of the Noldoli
• Fragment of an alliterative Lay of Eärendel
• The Lay of the Fall of Gondolin