Songs of Arda Marred
By Ithilwen
The following collection of seven related sonnets (in a very loose meter)is based on episodes in the Silmarillion
Cradle Song
Varda's stars, bright mobiles, hang
Suspended over crib of earth,
Water softly flowing sang –
Rejoicing at the Children's birth.
But innocence will quickly fade –
The forest sounds with cries of fear,
Looming threat infests the shade,
Snatching those who stray too near.
Terrified, the young ones cling
To firelight warm; the Night they curse.
Then from the West a horn does ring –
Angelic Hunter on immortal horse.
An epic journey seaward now will they start –
Each child the nursery must eventually depart.