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The cold hard lands | The cold hard lands | ||
they bites our hands, | they bites our hands, | ||
they gnaws our feet. | they gnaws our feet. | ||
The rocks and stones | The rocks and stones | ||
are like old bones | are like old bones | ||
all | all bare of meat. | ||
But stream and pool | But stream and pool | ||
is wet and cool: | is wet and cool: | ||
so nice for feet! | so nice for feet! | ||
And now we wish— | |||
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is a puff of air. | is a puff of air. | ||
So sleek, so fair! | So sleek, so fair! | ||
What a joy to meet! | What a joy to meet! | ||
We only wish | We only wish | ||
to catch a fish, | to catch a fish, | ||
so juicy-sweet! | so juicy-sweet! | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
Revision as of 00:25, 11 April 2017
"The cold hard lands" is a song "written" by Gollum, sung in "The Passage of the Marshes".
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The cold hard lands
they bites our hands,
they gnaws our feet.
The rocks and stones
are like old bones
all bare of meat.
But stream and pool
is wet and cool:
so nice for feet!
And now we wish—
At this point Gollum interrupted himself to allude to the riddle-game he and Bilbo Baggins partook in many decades before:
Alive without breath;
as cold as death;
never thirsting, ever drinking;
clad in mail, never clinking.
Drowns on dry land,
think as island
is a mountain;
thinks a fountain
is a puff of air.
So sleek, so fair!
What a joy to meet!
We only wish
to catch a fish,
so juicy-sweet!
