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'''''Twenty years have flowed away''''' is the opening line of a poem recited by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] during his [[1958]] Rotterdam speech. Tolkien gave a [[Quenya]] rendering of the poem, which is planned for publication sometime in the autumn of [[2014]]. <ref>{{webcite|author=[[Noble Smith]]|http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noble-smith/jrr-tolkien-reveals-the-t_b_5373529.html|articlename=
'''''Twenty years have flowed away''''' is the opening line of a poem recited by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] during his [[1958]] Rotterdam speech. Tolkien gave a [[Quenya]] rendering of the poem, which is planned for publication sometime in the autumn of [[2014]]. <ref>{{webcite|author=[[Noble Smith]]|http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noble-smith/jrr-tolkien-reveals-the-t_b_5373529.html|articlename=J.R.R. Tolkien Reveals TRUE Meaning Of 'The Lord Of The Rings' In Unearthed Audio Recording|dated=22 May 2014|website=Lambe|accessed=2 September 2014}}</ref> <ref>{{webcite|author=[[Carl F. Hostetter]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/lambengolmor/conversations/messages/1147|articlename=An experiment in translation (message 1147)|dated=23 May 2014|website=Lambe|accessed=2 September 2014}}</ref>
J.R.R. Tolkien Reveals TRUE Meaning Of 'The Lord Of The Rings' In Unearthed Audio Recording|dated=22 May 2014|website=Lambe|accessed=2 September 2014}}</ref> <ref>{{webcite|author=[[Carl F. Hostetter]]|articleurl=http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/lambengolmor/conversations/messages/1147|articlename=An experiment in translation (message 1147)|dated=23 May 2014|website=Lambe|accessed=2 September 2014}}</ref>


==First two stanzas==
==First two stanzas==

Revision as of 01:27, 3 September 2014

Twenty years have flowed away is the opening line of a poem recited by J.R.R. Tolkien during his 1958 Rotterdam speech. Tolkien gave a Quenya rendering of the poem, which is planned for publication sometime in the autumn of 2014. [1] [2]

First two stanzas

Twenty years have flowed away down the long river
And never in my life will return for me from the sea.

See also

References

  1. Noble Smith, "[{{{articleurl}}} J.R.R. Tolkien Reveals TRUE Meaning Of 'The Lord Of The Rings' In Unearthed Audio Recording]" dated 22 May 2014, Lambengolmor mailing list (accessed 2 September 2014)
  2. Carl F. Hostetter, "An experiment in translation (message 1147)" dated 23 May 2014, Lambengolmor mailing list (accessed 2 September 2014)