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I Sit Beside the Fire Lyrics by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings – Poems

1954

I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been;
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and silver sun
and wind upon my hair.
I sit beside the fire and think
of how the world will be
when winter comes without a spring
that I shall ever see.
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring
there is a different green.
I sit beside the fire and think
of people long ago,
and people who will see a world
that I shall never know.
But all the while I sit and think
of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet
and voices at the door.
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J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

About “I Sit Beside the Fire” by J. R. R. Tolkien

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