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[00:08.98]An Elven-maid there was of old,
[00:13.16]A shining star by day:
[00:17.27]Her mantle white was hemmed with gold,
[00:21.38]Her shoes of silver-grey.
[00:25.62]A star was bound upon her brows,
[00:29.86]A light was on her hair
[00:34.14]As sun upon the golden boughs
[00:38.37]In Lórien the fair.
[00:42.67]Her hair was long, her limbs were white,
[00:47.04]And fair she was and free;
[00:51.06]And in the wind she went as light
[00:55.24]As leaf of linden-tree.
[00:59.68]Beside the falls of Nimrodel,
[01:03.77]By water clear and cool,
[01:07.85]Her voice as falling silver fell
[01:12.04]Into the shining pool.
[01:24.84]Where now she wanders none can tell,
[01:29.54]In sunlight or in shade;
[01:33.72]For lost of yore was Nimrodel
[01:37.93]And in the mountains strayed.
[01:50.84]The elven-ship in haven grey
[01:55.18]Beneath the mountain-lee
[01:59.30]Awaited her for many a day
[02:03.38]Beside the roaring sea.
[02:07.62]A wind by night in Northern lands
[02:11.76]Arose, and loud it cried,
[02:15.58]And drove the ship from elven-strands
[02:19.60]Across the streaming tide.
[02:23.69]When dawn came dim the land was lost,
[02:27.63]The mountains sinking grey
[02:31.51]Beyond the heaving waves that tossed
[02:35.52]Their plumes of blinding spray.
[02:47.94]Amroth beheld the fading shore
[02:51.98]Now low beyond the swell,
[02:55.86]And cursed the faithless ship that bore
[02:59.83]Him far from Nimrodel.
[03:03.81]Of old he was an Elven-king,
[03:07.79]A lord of tree and glen,
[03:11.89]When golden were the boughs in spring
[03:16.07]In fair Lothlórien.
[03:20.01]From helm to sea they saw him leap,
[03:24.13]As arrow from the string,
[03:27.91]And dive into the water deep,
[03:31.91]As mew upon the wing.
[03:35.60]The wind was in his flowing hair,
[03:39.62]The foam about him shone;
[03:43.64]Afar they saw him strong and fair
[03:47.42]Go riding like a swan.
[03:59.86]But from the West has come no word,
[04:05.35]And on the Hither Shore
[04:09.23]No tidings Elven-folk have heard
[04:15.52]Of Amroth evermore.