"Goblets they carved there for themselves And harps……" — J.R.R. Tolkien
"Goblets they carved there for themselves And harps of gold; where no man delves There lay they long, and many a song Was sung unheard by men or elves."
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756 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
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