Warning: Herein lies a poetic description of burned limbs; this poem is not, perhaps, for the squeamish.
O gentle hearer, harken now to me,
And learn of happenings of long ago,
On Hither Shores of endless Sund'ring Sea,
When Fëanor the King his death did know.
His firstborn, Maedhros, rode with parley sworn—
As this you know, I shorten now my word—
And he was taken, rage returned with scorn;
But he was not alone as you have heard.
His captain brave was also seized alive:
The faithful Feingon, loyal to his lord,
Who for his sake at kinslaying did strive
With his once-innocent, now-bloodied sword.
In Angband's might the Dark Lord's threats were sown,
His lord, defiant, taken now to dread,
And Feingon left to Morgoth face alone
With grief that Maedhros as he thought was dead.
He stood before the Dark Lord's throne of might
And said, "I will the shadow e'er defy!
My lord and I both laugh at you in spite.
I will not break, I never will comply!"
With that, he thrust his hand into the fire
And stood unmoved though burned his flesh away;
He stared at Morgoth, kindled wrath and ire,
"You will not win, for treach'ry you will pay!"
The Dark Lord, wrathful, stood in terror's shroud,
With blazing eyes threw Feingon to the ground;
He raised his sword to kill the elf, unbowed,
And death took who by pain could not be bound.
And so I sing whom history forgot,
Whose sins were not assuaged by bravery;
For love of lord he killed, he worked, he fought,
And pray I that in death he now is free.
A/N: You may, perhaps, have recognized the source of this tale as the Roman youth Gaius Mucius Scaevola, who was said to have burned off his own hand, as well, in similar though slightly different circumstances. A rather heavier topic than normal; I hope you enjoyed it anyway.
Oh, and please do review; I have three readers who always do (thanks so much; you know who you are!) but other than that... I will even hang a carrot for you: if you drop an idea for song in a review, I will try to write it! It can be something from history or a fairytale that you wish to see Middle-earth-ized (though the stories will always be about as much changed as this one was) or something original. Thanks!