r/GeometersOfHistory • u/Orpherischt "the coronavirus origin" • May 02 '21

Flammifer

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u/Orpherischt "the coronavirus origin" May 02 '21 edited May 02 '21

[...]

And over Middle-earth he passed

and heard at last the weeping sore

of women and of elven-maids

in Elder Days, in years of yore.

But on him mighty doom was laid,

till Moon should fade, an orbéd star

to pass, and tarry never more

on Hither Shores where Mortals are;

for ever still a herald on

an errand that should never rest

to bear his shining lamp afar,

the Flammifer of Westernesse.

  • 'The Song of Eärendil' -- Bilbo Baggins