Door 4: The Library

. >THE LIBRARY

**Riddles**

Test your knowledge, warriors. In this hall, you may take your time. But keep in mind, that your fellow friend (Bilbo ) has srtuggled hard to answer all these riddles as to save his dear life...

This riddle is between Bilbo and Gollum, with the first one being Gollum's:

(Here ya go! See if ya can answer them all)

Riddle one:

What has roots as nobody sees
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes
And yet never grows?

Riddle two:

Thirty white horses on a red hill
First they champ
Then they stamp
Then they stand still

Riddle three:

Voiceless it cries
Wingless it flutters
Toothless it bites
Mouthless it mutters

Riddle four:

An eye in a blue face
Saw an eye in a green face
"That eyeis like to my eye"
Said the first eye
"But in a low place
Not in high place"

Riddle five:

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt
It lies behind stars and under hills
And empty holes it fill
It comes first and follows after
Ends life, kills laughter

Riddle six:

A box without hinges, key or lid
Yet golden treasure inside it hid

Riddle seven:

Alive without breath
As cold as death
Never thirsty, ever drinking
All in mail never clinking

Riddle eight:

No-legs lay on one-leg, two-legs sat near on three-legs
Four-legs got some

Riddle nine:

This thing all things devours
Birds, bears, trees, flowers
Gnaws irons, bites steel
Slays kings, ruins towns
And beats high mountain down

Riddle (?) ten:

What have I in my pocket?

ANSWERS

**Poems and Songs**

Here are some of the poems/songs that i've picked up from the Lord of the Rings. You may find these litrerature a bit difficult to understand, but go through them carefully and you'll find that these are nothing but beautiful.....First of all, here's a poem of the heart of the story:Lord of the Rings:

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

Now, the other poems:

happy/inspiring

mournful

praise

The Eagle's Song

Sing now, ye people of the Tower of Anor,
for the Realm of Sauron is ended for ever,
and the Dark Tower is thrown down.

Sing and rejoice, ye people of the Tower of Guard,
for your watch hath not been in vain,
and the Black Gate is broken,
and your King hath passed through,
and he is victorious.

Sing and be glad, all ye children of the West,
for your King shall come again,
and he shall dwell among you
all the days of your life.

And the Tree that was withered shall be renewed,
and he shall plant it in the high places,
and the City shall be blessed.

Sing all ye people!

The Bath Song

Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
that washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is a noble thing!

O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain,
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.

O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack
and Water Hot poured down the back.

O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!

Bilbo's Song

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

Legolas' Song of the Sea

To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
West, west away, the round sun is falling.
Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling.
The voices of my people that have gone before me?
I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me;
For our days are ending and our years failing.
I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.
Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling,
Sweet are the voices in the Lost Isle calling,
In Eressea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover,
Where the leaves fall not: land of my people for ever!

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The Fall of Gil-Galad

Gil-Galad was an Elven-king.
Of him the harpers sadly sing:
the last whose realm was fair and free
between the Mountains and the Sea.

His sword was long, his lance was keen,
his shining helm afar was seen;
the countless stars of heaven's field
were mirrored in his silver shield.

But long ago he rode away,
and where he dwelleth none can say;
for into darkness fell his star
in Mordor where the shadows are.

At Theoden's Death

Mourn not overmuch! Mighty was the fallen,
meet was his ending. When his mound is raised,
women then shall weep. War now calls us!

Burial Song of Theoden

Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day's rising
he rode singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
Hope he rekindled, and in hope ended; o
ver death, over dread, over doom lifted
out of loss, out of life, unto long glory.

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Elven hymn to Elbereth Gilthoniel (1)

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 hand 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.

Gandalf's Song of Lorien

In Dwimordene, in Lorien
Seldom have walked the feet of Men,
Few mortal eyes have seen the light
That lies there ever, long and bright.
Galadriel! Galadriel! Clear is the water of your well;
White is the star in your white hand;
Unmarred, unstained is leaf and land
In Dwimordene, in Lorien
More fair than thoughts of Mortal Men.

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