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In support of Bilbo Day over at the Fanclub Redbook, I have posted a couple of Bilbo things.
It was fascinating to reread LOTR recently, and discover that Gandalf uses the same phrase -- "he escaped in the end" -- to refer to two very different people who experienced the lure of the Ring of Power. Though their responses to that Ring differed greatly, and they both needed help to overcome it -- Bilbo with the help of Gandalf's urging and his own good hobbit sense, and Boromir, with the help of Merry and Pippin's peril and his sorrow at what he had done to Frodo -- ultimately it was the same result for both of them: Bilbo and Boromir escaped in the end.
THEY ESCAPED IN THE END -- A Found Poem*
What a pity!
He had a chance, what a pity
Bilbo did not stab that vile creature!
Pity stayed his hand, and mercy
Not to strike without need.
He took little hurt, escaped in the end.
What a trial!
For such a man, a sore trial;
A warrior and a lord of men
In peril -- poor Boromir!
But he escaped in the end.
He died well, may he sleep in peace.
*Some liberties were taken to make the comparisons, but only tiny ones. The phrases were taken from the chapters Shadow of the Past, The White Rider, and The Seige of Gondor.
As much as I love Boromir, I greatly enjoy seeing him taken to task by Bilbo, in the scene at the Council of Elrond -- scolded as if he were an erring young man who was speaking out of turn (and he was, both young and erring in Bilbo's eyes!). How I would have loved to have seen that scene in the film! Here is my rendition, as a found poem:
STERNLY LECTURED -- A Found Poem
"The Sword of Elendil, help beyond hope --
If such a thing could return..."
Boromir looked at Aragorn, doubt in his eyes.
Bilbo impatiently burst out, annoyed on friend's behalf:
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken:
The crownless again shall be king.
"Not good, but to the point.
Worth a journey of one hundred ten days?
You had best listen."
In other non-related to Bilbo news, I was dismayed to see that my word for the day is "adversity" and the sample sentence is as follows: 'It's easy to be patient and generous when things are going well; a person's true character is revealed under adversity.' Just what I was hoping to avoid today! =:-o
It was fascinating to reread LOTR recently, and discover that Gandalf uses the same phrase -- "he escaped in the end" -- to refer to two very different people who experienced the lure of the Ring of Power. Though their responses to that Ring differed greatly, and they both needed help to overcome it -- Bilbo with the help of Gandalf's urging and his own good hobbit sense, and Boromir, with the help of Merry and Pippin's peril and his sorrow at what he had done to Frodo -- ultimately it was the same result for both of them: Bilbo and Boromir escaped in the end.
THEY ESCAPED IN THE END -- A Found Poem*
What a pity!
He had a chance, what a pity
Bilbo did not stab that vile creature!
Pity stayed his hand, and mercy
Not to strike without need.
He took little hurt, escaped in the end.
What a trial!
For such a man, a sore trial;
A warrior and a lord of men
In peril -- poor Boromir!
But he escaped in the end.
He died well, may he sleep in peace.
*Some liberties were taken to make the comparisons, but only tiny ones. The phrases were taken from the chapters Shadow of the Past, The White Rider, and The Seige of Gondor.
As much as I love Boromir, I greatly enjoy seeing him taken to task by Bilbo, in the scene at the Council of Elrond -- scolded as if he were an erring young man who was speaking out of turn (and he was, both young and erring in Bilbo's eyes!). How I would have loved to have seen that scene in the film! Here is my rendition, as a found poem:
STERNLY LECTURED -- A Found Poem
"The Sword of Elendil, help beyond hope --
If such a thing could return..."
Boromir looked at Aragorn, doubt in his eyes.
Bilbo impatiently burst out, annoyed on friend's behalf:
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken:
The crownless again shall be king.
"Not good, but to the point.
Worth a journey of one hundred ten days?
You had best listen."
In other non-related to Bilbo news, I was dismayed to see that my word for the day is "adversity" and the sample sentence is as follows: 'It's easy to be patient and generous when things are going well; a person's true character is revealed under adversity.' Just what I was hoping to avoid today! =:-o
