Rivendell - Durin's Halls lyrics

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The world was young, the mountains green, <br />

No stain yet on the Moon was seen, <br />

No words were laid on stream or stone, <br />

When Durin woke and walked alone.<br />

He named the nameless hills and dells; <br />

He drank from yet untasted wells; <br />

He stooped and looked in Mirrormere, <br />

And saw a crown of stars appear, <br />

As gems upon a silver thread, <br />

Above the shadow of his head.<br />

The world was fair, the mountains tall, <br />

In Elder Days before the fall<br />

Of mighty Kings in Nargothrond<br />

And Gondolin, who now beyond<br />

The Western Seas have passed away:<br />

The world was fair in Durin's Day.<br />

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A king he was on carven throne<br />

In many-pillared halls of stone<br />

With golden roof and silver floor, <br />

And runes of power upon the door.<br />

The light of sun and star and moon<br />

In shining lamps of crystal hewn<br />

Undimmed by cloud or shade of night<br />

There shown forever far and bright.<br />

No harp is wrung, no hammer falls:<br />

The darkness dwells in Durin's halls; <br />

The shadow lies upon his tomb<br />

In Moria, in Khazad-dûm.<br />

But still the sunken stars appear<br />

In dark and windless Mirrormere; <br />

There lies his crown in water deep, <br />

Till Durin wakes again from sleep.</