Lord of the Rings - Bilbo's Song

 
I sit beside the fire ...
  		I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been;
  		... of meadow-flowers ... in summer ...
 

 
... of yellow leaves ... in autumn ...
  		Of yellow leaves and gossamer
in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and silver sun
and wind upon my hair.
  		... morning mist and silver sun ...
 

 
... how the world will be ...
  		I sit beside the fire and think
of how the world will be
when winter comes without a spring
that I shall ever see.
  		... when winter comes ...
 

 
... so many things ...
  		For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring
there is a different green.
  		... in every wood in every spring there is a different green.
 

 
I sit beside the fire ...
  		I sit beside the fire and think
of people long ago,
and people who will see a world
that I shall never know.
  		... see a world ...
 

 
... times there were before ...
  		But all the while I sit and think
of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet
and voices at the door. 		... returning feet and voices at the door.
Bilbo, with the Ring Return to the 'Movie Shots'
Book One, Chapter I page 		Bilbo, with the Ring
 
This page last updated on:  May 19th, 2001

Most photographs by Colleen Meade © 1999, 2000
'Fire' photograph by Kay Kenny © 1999
'Winter' photograph by Helen Williams © 1999
'World' photo (presumably from NASA) from Wayne Callaghan's website
'Lord of the Rings' logo and hobbit hole photograph
from the official (non-flash) Lord of the Rings movie website,
courtesy New Line Cinema © 1999, 2000.

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