A/N: Many thanks to Maisha (Ereinion at ff.net) for the idea and the title. All I did was fill in the actual stanzas :D. It's tentatively done for now, though I may at a later date expand to include Glorfindel's doings in the Second and Third Ages.
A noble house in Gondolin
Golden Flower was it named;
In days now gone outshined its kin,
The noble houses of Gondolin.
Golden Flower was it named
And bore it forth a merry son;
A laughing lord of golden mane,
Who for it Glorfindel was named.
And bore it forth this merry son
To lead his House in the Hidden City;
Until did hands of Morgoth come,
To put out the flame of its golden son.
He led his House in the Hidden City
'Gainst the threat of Elven-Bane;
Brave and bright and wise was he,
In the betrayed after-days of the Hidden City.
Against the threat of Elven-Bane
The golden lord proved a deadly foe;
But battling the beast of dark and flame,
Perished Glorfindel too with Elven-Bane.
The golden lord proved a deadly foe
When in th'eyried Echoriath the Balrog slew;
But sadly plummeted far below,
Alongside the Balrog, foe with foe.
When in th'eyried Echoriath the Balrog slew
The flight of Tuor was secured;
Into the crevasse Thorondor flew,
To retrieve him, slain ev'n as he slew.
The flight of Tuor was secured
By the sword of Glorfindel, by his fall;
And Idril and Earendil thus endured,
So was safe passage rightly secured.
The sword of Glorfindel, at his fall
Plunged into the depths and then was lost;
Eagle-borne to Mandos' Hall,
Was the lord's spirit after his fall.
Plunged into the depths and then was lost
But the lord passed soon to Valinor;
While in Endor, battle-crossed,
Was Glorfindel thought forever lost.
The lord passed soon to Valinor
And there he tarried for a time;
Called forth to fight again for Endor,
He left the land of Valinor.
A noble house in Gondolin
Golden Flower was it named;
In days now gone outshined its kin,
The noble houses of Gondolin.
Golden Flower was it named
And bore it forth a merry son;
A laughing lord of golden mane,
Who for it Glorfindel was named.
And bore it forth this merry son
To lead his House in the Hidden City;
Until did hands of Morgoth come,
To put out the flame of its golden son.
He led his House in the Hidden City
'Gainst the threat of Elven-Bane;
Brave and bright and wise was he,
In the betrayed after-days of the Hidden City.
Against the threat of Elven-Bane
The golden lord proved a deadly foe;
But battling the beast of dark and flame,
Perished Glorfindel too with Elven-Bane.
The golden lord proved a deadly foe
When in th'eyried Echoriath the Balrog slew;
But sadly plummeted far below,
Alongside the Balrog, foe with foe.
When in th'eyried Echoriath the Balrog slew
The flight of Tuor was secured;
Into the crevasse Thorondor flew,
To retrieve him, slain ev'n as he slew.
The flight of Tuor was secured
By the sword of Glorfindel, by his fall;
And Idril and Earendil thus endured,
So was safe passage rightly secured.
The sword of Glorfindel, at his fall
Plunged into the depths and then was lost;
Eagle-borne to Mandos' Hall,
Was the lord's spirit after his fall.
Plunged into the depths and then was lost
But the lord passed soon to Valinor;
While in Endor, battle-crossed,
Was Glorfindel thought forever lost.
The lord passed soon to Valinor
And there he tarried for a time;
Called forth to fight again for Endor,
He left the land of Valinor.
