"Pilgrim Hat"
(Gandalf)
Of all the things in Middle-Earth
That I remember with regret,
Of all things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small;
Of all the things I miss the most,
The wanderings I can't forget,
There is one secret in my heart
Which I'll miss most of all.
I wore a hat of Elven grey
Atop my head with silver framed.
Its point was bent from battering,
Its life a constant storm.
It rode with me through sea and sky
And through the wilderness untamed.
In summer's heat it shaded me,
In winter kept me warm.
I counted it a loyal friend.
It kept me dry in rain and snow.
Though stained a bit by leaves and sweat,
And one edge slightly frayed,
'Twas proudly borne and proudly stood.
It followed me where I would go-
Deep into caves where waited doom,
I fell, yet still it stayed.
And now upon my aging brow
A thing unstained, so strange to me:
White as the eyes of newborn earth,
It catches glints of sun.
Still I remember my old hat,
Its death, like mine, so fiery.
Though this new hat may grow on me,
I'll always love that one.
...end...
(Gandalf)
Of all the things in Middle-Earth
That I remember with regret,
Of all things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small;
Of all the things I miss the most,
The wanderings I can't forget,
There is one secret in my heart
Which I'll miss most of all.
I wore a hat of Elven grey
Atop my head with silver framed.
Its point was bent from battering,
Its life a constant storm.
It rode with me through sea and sky
And through the wilderness untamed.
In summer's heat it shaded me,
In winter kept me warm.
I counted it a loyal friend.
It kept me dry in rain and snow.
Though stained a bit by leaves and sweat,
And one edge slightly frayed,
'Twas proudly borne and proudly stood.
It followed me where I would go-
Deep into caves where waited doom,
I fell, yet still it stayed.
And now upon my aging brow
A thing unstained, so strange to me:
White as the eyes of newborn earth,
It catches glints of sun.
Still I remember my old hat,
Its death, like mine, so fiery.
Though this new hat may grow on me,
I'll always love that one.
...end...
