J. R. R. Tolkien reads an excerpt from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
‘I cannot read the fiery letters,’ said Frodo in a quavering voice.
‘No,’ said Gandalf, ‘but I can. The letters are Elvish, of an ancient mode, but the language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough:
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
It is only two lines of a verse long known in Elven-lore:
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.’
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During the 5th battle, the battle of Unnumbered Tears, the Hador of Dor-lomin, captained by Huor and Hurin, fight to the last. Hurin is captured alive and taken to Angband. Morgoth, unable to break Hurin’s will and force him to reveal the location of Gondolin, curses him and sits him, bound, on a high peak whence he must watch evil overtake his wife and children
Man that would suck.
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