tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post109238444789586458..comments2023-08-05T16:17:43.490+01:00Comments on The Inklings: A Carol of Amen HouseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694856.post-1092958678292227872004-08-20T00:37:00.000+01:002004-08-20T00:37:00.000+01:00I am reminded of the passage in Tolkien's "Return ...I am reminded of the passage in Tolkien's "Return of the King: The Land of the Shadow"--<br />"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."<br /><br />Thanks for posting this lovely poem.Arevanyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925809241943788028noreply@blogger.com