Saturday, 11 June 2011

All that is gold does not glitter

JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

(The Fellowship of the Ring, Strider, HarperCollins 2001, p 167)