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Volume:
The Lays of Beleriand
Pages: 6–14
Paragraph count:
360
Token count:
2,564
Citation Index
Page numbers refer to the setting used by all editions other than mass-market paperbacks.
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TÚRIN SON OF …
⸤¶Lo! the golden …
⸤¶the gloom of …
⸤¶the woes of …
⸤¶fading faintly down …
⸤¶is now to …
⸤¶of Níniel the …
⸤¶of Thalion’s son …
⸤¶Lo! Húrin Thalion …
⸤¶was whelmed, what …
⸤¶of Elfinesse were …
⸤¶by the dread …
⸤¶That field is …
⸤¶Nínin Unothradin, Unnumbered …
⸤¶There the children …
⸤¶fled and fought …
⸤¶they betrayed with …
⸤¶Thalion Erithámrod and …
⸤¶There in host …
⸤¶overbore him at …
⸤¶by the bidding …
⸤¶and pulled down …
⸤¶To Bauglir’s halls …
⸤¶to the Hells …
⸤¶they haled the …
⸤¶Thalion Erithámrod, to …
⸤¶whose breast was …
⸤¶and wroth he …
⸤¶had not taken …
⸤¶even Finweg’s heir; …
⸤¶makers of the …
⸤¶For Turgon towering …
⸤¶a pathway clove …
⸤¶out of that …
⸤¶through the hosts …
⸤¶all low on …
⸤¶A countless company …
⸤¶through the darkened …
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⸤¶out of ken …
⸤¶in the tale; …
⸤¶of Morgoth the …
⸤¶Nor spies sped …
⸤¶nor his wealth …
⸤¶whither the nation …
⸤¶Now a thought …
⸤¶bound, unbending, in …
⸤¶then moved in …
⸤¶how Men were …
⸤¶by the Elves …
⸤¶could master the …
⸤¶the children of …
⸤¶‘Is it dauntless …
⸤¶‘stout steel-handed, who …
⸤¶a captive living …
⸤¶Knowest thou my …
⸤¶what hope he …
⸤¶the bale most …
⸤¶‘I know and …
⸤¶by fear unfettered, …
⸤¶said Thalion there, …
⸤¶on the mouth …
⸤¶‘Fear when thou …
⸤¶and the whips …
⸤¶Yet a way …
⸤¶to lessen thy …
⸤¶Go question the …
⸤¶I have taken, …
⸤¶how with fire …
⸤¶where he lurketh …
⸤¶Thou must feign …
⸤¶and their inmost …
⸤¶Then, if truth …
⸤¶I will bid …
⸤¶in my service …
⸤¶following the footsteps …
⸤¶‘Build not thy …
⸤¶I am no …
⸤¶torment were sweeter …
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⸤¶‘If torment be …
⸤¶The hoards of …
⸤¶the gems and …
⸤¶are mine, and …
⸤¶yea, wealth to …
⸤¶‘Canst not learn …
⸤¶O Bauglir unblest? …
⸤¶of the things …
⸤¶In hate I …
⸤¶‘Boldly thou bravest …
⸤¶in mirth quod …
⸤¶and thy aid …
⸤¶if little they …
⸤¶helpless to hinder, …
⸤¶Then Thalion was …
⸤¶that mountain that …
⸤¶on high o’er …
⸤¶blackly brooding on …
⸤¶To a stool …
⸤¶they bound him …
⸤¶and the Lord …
⸤¶then cursed him …
⸤¶with a doom …
⸤¶There the mighty …
⸤¶but unveiled was …
⸤¶all earthly things …
⸤¶that fell on …
I …
TÚRIN’S FOSTERING …
⸤¶Lo! the lady …
⸤¶waited in the …
⸤¶but he came …
⸤¶No tidings told …
⸤¶or lost in …
⸤¶Laid waste his …
⸤¶and men unmindful …
⸤¶dwelt in Dorlómin …
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⸤¶with his widowed …
⸤¶who a son …
⸤¶Túrin Thaliodrin of …
⸤¶Then in days …
⸤¶and was naméd …
⸤¶that in language …
⸤¶Then her thoughts …
⸤¶and the dancer …
⸤¶whom the boldest …
⸤¶had won to …
⸤¶firmest friendship to …
⸤¶Thalion Erithámrod – …
⸤¶and said to …
⸤¶our friends are …
⸤¶Thou must fare …
⸤¶where Thingol is …
⸤¶If he remember …
⸤¶he will fain …
⸤¶he will teach …
⸤¶and Thalion’s son …
⸤¶but remember thy …
⸤¶Heavy boded the …
⸤¶yet he weened …
⸤¶and he denied …
⸤¶Lo! henchmen had …
⸤¶who were young …
⸤¶who alone of …
⸤¶steadfast in service …
⸤¶now she bade …
⸤¶and the woods …
⸤¶though Túrin be …
⸤¶they must gird …
⸤¶and Morwin mourned …
⸤¶Came a summer …
⸤¶warm through the …
⸤¶Then Morwin stood …
⸤¶by the gate …
⸤¶At the breast …
⸤¶and the doorpost …
⸤¶There Gumlin guided …
⸤¶and a heavy …
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⸤¶but the heart …
⸤¶uncomprehending its coming …
⸤¶He sought for …
⸤¶‘Quickly will I …
⸤¶long ere manhood …
⸤¶great tale of …
⸤¶for he wist …
⸤¶nor the sundering …
⸤¶The farewells are …
⸤¶to the dark …
⸤¶in the tangled …
⸤¶his awakened heart, …
⸤¶calling ‘I cannot, …
⸤¶O Morwin, my …
⸤¶Hateful are the …
⸤¶O Morwin, my …
⸤¶Grim are the …
⸤¶And there came …
⸤¶down the dark …
⸤¶and one who …
⸤¶heard how the …
⸤¶The ways were …
⸤¶o’er the hills …
⸤¶deep in the …
⸤¶and never ere …
⸤¶had children of …
⸤¶and few of …
⸤¶There Túrin and …
⸤¶and hunger and …
⸤¶for wolfriders and …
⸤¶and the Things …
⸤¶Magics were about …
⸤¶and strayed steerless, …
⸤¶Thus they passed …
⸤¶wildered and wayworn …
⸤¶They had nor …
⸤¶their death they …
⸤¶when they heard …
⸤¶and baying dogs. …
⸤¶who farthest fared …
⸤¶ahunting by hill …
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⸤¶who cared not …
⸤¶He was great …
⸤¶but lithe of …
⸤¶his footsteps fell …
⸤¶all garbed in …
⸤¶a son of …
⸤¶‘Who are ye?’ …
⸤¶hard hunted men …
⸤¶‘Nay, for famine …
⸤¶‘wayworn and wildered, …
⸤¶Or hast not …
⸤¶or the tear-drenchéd …
⸤¶of Morgoth devoured …
⸤¶There Thalion Erithámrod …
⸤¶vanished from the …
⸤¶weeps yet widowed …
⸤¶Thou lookest on …
⸤¶and Thalion’s son …
⸤¶are wending by …
⸤¶Then Beleg bade …
⸤¶‘The Gods have …
⸤¶I have heard …
⸤¶and who hath …
⸤¶of Nínin Unothradin, …
⸤¶To that war …
⸤¶with the Orcs …
⸤¶oft stab unseen …
⸤¶I am the …
⸤¶Then he bade …
⸤¶a flask of …
⸤¶that is bruised …
⸤¶and the Gnome-folk …
⸤¶and by long …
⸤¶There bakéd flesh …
⸤¶they had to …
⸤¶by the wine …
⸤¶and they soundly …
⸤¶of the tall …
⸤¶Later they wakened …
⸤¶devious winding through …
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⸤¶by slade and …
⸤¶through lonely days …
⸤¶and but for …
⸤¶by the magic …
⸤¶To the shadowy …
⸤¶where stilly that …
⸤¶of the cavernous …
⸤¶O’er the guarded …
⸤¶and thrice they …
⸤¶‘the Gods are …
⸤¶what the future …
⸤¶To the throne …
⸤¶and their speech …
⸤¶and held in …
⸤¶Beren Ermabwed’s brother-in-arms.¶⸥⸤⸥ …
⸤¶Remembering Morwin, of …
⸤¶he turned not …
⸤¶said: ‘O son …
⸤¶in my cavernous …
⸤¶Nor as slave …
⸤¶thou shalt dwell …
⸤¶to remember thy …
⸤¶Thou wisdom shalt …
⸤¶and weapons shalt …
⸤¶and Thalion’s son …
⸤¶There tarried the …
⸤¶till their limbs …
⸤¶through dread and …
⸤¶But Gumlin was …
⸤¶than Halog, and …
⸤¶Then sickness took …
⸤¶while Halog hardened …
⸤¶An Elfin escort …
⸤¶and magics of …
⸤¶In his mouth …
⸤¶words of the …
⸤¶how Thingol called …
⸤¶to fare unfearing …
⸤¶there to sojourn …
⸤¶for Húrin the …
⸤¶and no might …
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⸤¶Of the errand …
⸤¶the tale tells …
⸤¶to the threshold …
⸤¶was said where …
⸤¶But she dared …
⸤¶for Nienor her …
⸤¶More, the pride …
⸤¶had suffered her …
⸤¶when despair sped …
⸤¶as alms-guest of …
⸤¶it liked her …
⸤¶a hope in …
⸤¶and the dwelling …
⸤¶At night she …
⸤¶or a footstep …
⸤¶so she fared …
⸤¶Yet the thanes …
⸤¶and her shame …
⸤¶to reward their …
⸤¶but gave them …
⸤¶that last lingered, …
⸤¶a helm of …
⸤¶when he battled …
⸤¶against ogres and …
⸤¶’twas o’erwritten with …
⸤¶She bade Thingol …
⸤¶Thus Halog her …
⸤¶the thanes of …
⸤¶and the message …
⸤¶so quick their …
⸤¶Then was Melian …
⸤¶and courteously received …
⸤¶who deeply delved …
⸤¶with Elfin armouries …
⸤¶but he handled …
⸤¶said: ‘High were …
⸤¶with that token …
⸤¶that Thalion Erithámrod …
⸤¶oft bore into …
⸤¶Then a thought …
⸤¶and Túrin he …
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⸤¶that Morwin his …
⸤¶had sent to …
⸤¶a helm that …
⸤¶whose makers had …
⸤¶that its worth …
⸤¶guarded from glaive …
⸤¶‘Lo! Húrin’s helm …
⸤¶bids thee battle; …
⸤¶and Túrin touched …
⸤¶too weak to …
⸤¶and his mind …
⸤¶and the first …
⸤¶Thus came it …
⸤¶that Túrin tarried …
⸤¶with Gumlin his …
⸤¶when but seven …
⸤¶on the son …
⸤¶his lot was …
⸤¶from faring folk …
⸤¶and tidings were …
⸤¶how Morwin his …
⸤¶and they named …
⸤¶to the sweet …
⸤¶Thus his heart …
⸤¶There he waxed …
⸤¶in all lands …
⸤¶for the strength …
⸤¶Much lore he …
⸤¶but fortune followed …
⸤¶oft wrong and …
⸤¶what he loved …
⸤¶and full friendship …
⸤¶nor was lightly …
⸤¶He was gloomy-hearted, …
⸤¶for the sundering …
⸤¶On manhood’s threshold …
⸤¶in the wielding …
⸤¶he had a …
⸤¶for he mourned …
⸤¶Yet greater his …
⸤¶when from Hithlum’s …