Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day’s rising

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"Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day's rising" is a song and lament composed by Éomer during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, in the face of impending defeat and death. It appears in the chapter "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields".

Later, Gléowine, minstrel of the King's House of Rohan composed a similar song to mourn the passing of Théoden. It appears in the chapter "Many Partings".

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Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day’s rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope’s end I rode and to heart’s breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall![1]

Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day's rising
he rode singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
Hope he rekindled, and in hope he ended;
over death, over dread, over doom lifted
out of loss, out of life, unto long glory.[2]

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