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The Message Gandalf Brought From Galadriel To Legolas

by J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

Legolas Greenleaf long under tree
In joy thou hast lived. Beware of the Sea!
If thou hearest the cry of the gull on the shore,
Thy heart shall then rest in the forest no more.




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