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explain this roads go ever inunder cloud and under staryet feet that wandering have goneturn at last to home afarSession data&gt;

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

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Dave_anon · Answer

Hi

It is part of a song from "Lord of the Rings" (J R R Tolkien, published 1954/55)

I find the book difficult but the author is interesting and worth study

He is describing a character who has had adventures but is now going home

Tolkien fought in the First World War and would have considered himself lucky to get home; he has many stories in which characters must fight battles before they can return to their own land

If you google, there are many commentators who can give you more ideas..

Regards, Dave

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Thanks, Dave for the quote. The words have been set to song, and there is a nice clip on Youtube. It is called a walking song. Here is the entire poem:

ROADS GO EVER EVER ON

Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where sun has never shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.

Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.

I have read the Ring trilogy - its written in lovely language echoing back quite a ways.

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