Since it is a special Marian feast in our parish, I thought I'd post one of my favourite ''Marian'' hymns from The Lord of the Rings. Enjoy:
Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear!
O Queen beyond the Western Seas!
O Light to us that wander here
amid the world of woven trees!
Gilthoniel! O Elbereth!
Clear are thy eyes and bright thy breath!
Snow-white! Snow-white! We sing to thee
in a far land beyond the Sea.
O stars that in the Sunless Year
with shining hands by her were sown,
in windy fields now bright and clear
we see your silver blossom blown!
O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!
We still remember, we who dwell
in this far land beneath the trees,
thy starlight on the Western Seas.
J.R.R Tolkien kept a Rosary forever at his bedside. He was so pious...
Great to be reminded of that hymn first thing on a wet morning. Thank you.
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