The very morning I read this, my evening reading of LOTR (I just read 3-10 pages per night) included this very passage. I'm encouraged; thanks for sharing this.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
The very morning I read this, my evening reading of LOTR (I just read 3-10 pages per night) included this very passage. I'm encouraged; thanks for sharing this.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
Great reflection! I love the character of Eärendil so this was a treat to reflect on this advent season.
Beautiful!
Beautiful reflection! Thank you for sharing it here.
Loved it!