Song Of Nimrodel-The Tolkien Ensemble

[ti:Song Of Nimrodel] [ar:The Tolkien Ensemble] [al:At Dawn in Rivendell: Selected Songs and Poems from The Lord of the Rings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.10]Song Of Nimrodel - The Tolkien Ensemble [00:01.60] [00:02.82]Written by：C. Reiff [00:04.19] [00:09.13]An eleven maid there was of old [00:13.08]A shining star by day [00:15.85] [00:17.08]Her mantle white was hemmed with gold [00:21.28]Her shoes of silver grey [00:24.34] [00:25.71]A star was bound upon her brows [00:29.89]A loght was on her hair [00:33.09] [00:34.15]As sun upon the golden boughs [00:38.36]In lórien the fair [00:41.84] [00:42.77]Her hair was long her limbs were white [00:46.95]And fair she was and free [00:50.97]And in the wind she went as light [00:55.22]As leaf of linden tree [00:58.74] [00:59.63]Beside the falls of nimrodel [01:03.65]By water clear and cool [01:07.61]Her voice as falling silver fell [01:11.84]Into the shining pool [01:15.21] [01:24.89]Where now she wanders none can tell [01:29.49]In sunlight or in shade [01:32.98] [01:33.92]For lost of yore was nimrodel [01:37.98]And in the mountains strayed [01:41.88] [01:51.06]The elven ship in haven grey [01:55.29]Beneath the mountain lee [01:58.49] [01:59.53]Awaited her for many a day [02:03.49]Beside the roaring sea [02:06.90] [02:07.83]A wind by night in northern lands [02:11.92]Arose and loud it cried [02:14.97] [02:16.02]And drove the ship from elven strands [02:19.88]Across the streaming tide [02:22.84] [02:23.74]When dawn came dim the land was lost [02:27.90]The mountains sinking grey [02:31.15] [02:32.02]Beyond the heaving waves that tossed [02:35.86]Their plumes of blinding spray [02:39.14] [02:48.53]Amroth beheld the fading shore [02:52.36]Now low beyond the swell [02:55.31] [02:56.37]And cursed the faithless ship that bore [03:00.25]Him far from nimrodel [03:03.14] [03:04.45]Of old he was an elven king [03:08.37]A Lord of tree and glen [03:11.15] [03:12.36]When golden were the boughs in spring [03:16.65]In fair lothlórien [03:19.72] [03:20.85]From helm to sea they saw him leap [03:24.77]As arrow from the string [03:27.89] [03:28.63]And dive into water deep [03:32.52]As mew upon the wing [03:35.63] [03:36.34]The wind was in his flowing hair [03:40.50]The foam about him shone [03:43.54] [03:44.25]Afar they saw him strong and fair [03:48.25]Go riding like a swan [03:51.46] [04:00.93]But from the west has come no word [04:05.25]And on the hither shore [04:08.56] [04:09.21]No tidings elven folk have heard [04:14.16] [04:15.52]Of amroth evermore