Eomer’s Despair
In Rohan's lands all hope is lost,
now that the King has closed his eyes.
Since age has brought an early frost,
in Rohan's lands all hope is lost.
For who feels greater treason's cost,
than kin he does not recognize.
In Rohan's lands all hope is lost,
now that the King has closed his eyes.
Eowyn's Despair
His words are poison to my ears,
but how do I escape his grasp?
Even though he understands my fears,
his words are poison to my ears.
I will not let him see my tears,
although my voice begins to rasp.
His words are poison to my ears,
but how do I escape his grasp?
Theoden's Despair
My soul is trapped within this shell,
yet outwardly it shows no sign.
Ever searching for words to tell,
my soul is trapped within this shell.
The darkness into which I fell,
conceals my mind from reason's shine.
My soul is trapped within this shell,
yet outwardly it shows no sign.
Three happier triolets:
Eowyn's Hope
I see four riders on the plain,
is there some hope within this news?
Through tears I cry like bitter rain,
I see four riders on the plain.
Can they be sent to ease our pain,
and brighten for us darker hues?
I see four riders on the plain,
is there some hope within this news?
Theoden Awakes
The spell is gone, my soul is free,
and now I stand with sword in hand.
My kin I now can clearly see,
the spell is gone, my soul is free.
The caster has no hold on me,
and soon I'll cast him from my lands.
The spell is gone, my soul is free,
and now I stand with sword in hand.
Eomer's Joy
My Lord and King won't stand alone,
for I now hasten to his side.
No longer old or trapped on throne,
my Lord and King won't stand alone.
Cross rivers wide and hills of stone,
we come forth now to turn the tide.
My Lord and King won't stand alone,
for I now hasten to his side.
Aragorn's Burden
The burden which you have to bear,
would overcome a lesser man.
None of the nine are here to share,
the burden which you have to bear.
A legacy of shame you wear,
will work against you if it can.
The burden which you have to bear,
would overcome a lesser man.
Samwise the Brave
A gardener with simple aims,
has deeper measure than we know.
Ask him his job and all he claims,
"A gardener with simple aims!"
Not wanting power, glory, fame,
but onward he will ever go.
A gardener with simple aims,
has deeper measure than we know.
Gimli the Lockbearer
A dwarf entering Lorien,
should be on guard the tales all say.
But Gimli came to be back then,
a dwarf entering Lorien.
While he received three hairs golden,
a dwarven heart he left that day.
A dwarf entering Lorien,
should be on guard the tales all say.
Hasty
Let us not be too hasty here,
the world has changed much since we roamed.
Although these folk are strange and queer,
let us not be too hasty here.
For the lists go back for many years,
When Entwives still did share our home.
Let us not be too hasty here,
the world has changed much since we roamed.
They Will Not Travel Far
(Haldir)
They will not travel far inside,
the lands that I have loved from birth.
I'll skin their slimy orcish hide.
They will not travel far inside.
The Galadhrim will stem this tide,
and rid them from our sacred earth.
They will not travel far inside,
the lands that I have loved from birth.
