{"id":100549,"date":"2016-03-20T23:17:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T04:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?page_id=100549"},"modified":"2016-03-20T23:17:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T04:17:44","slug":"the-great-hall-of-poets-march-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/the-great-hall-of-poets\/the-great-hall-of-poets-march-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Hall of Poets &#8211; March 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Aragorn the D\u00fanedain<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"intro\"><em>by Lydwina Marie<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Upon the pinnacle of stone<br \/>\nhe stood on high; he was alone<br \/>\nsave for the whisp\u2019ring wind above,<br \/>\nflying to the far sea he loved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">His raven hair was blown aloft<br \/>\nbefore the coming foe was crossed<br \/>\nwith evil cries, and cunning leers,<br \/>\nagainst the steadfast Elven spears.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Far in the North a strong wind blew,<br \/>\nthe Elf-host came; on wings they flew<br \/>\nto Gondor\u2019s aid, though doubtful they<br \/>\nwere of victory that dark day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">His fie\u2019ry keen eyes pierced the clouds<br \/>\nthat over moon and stars were shrouds.<br \/>\nHis eye could see the flaming land<br \/>\nof Mordor, place of Sauron\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cArwen! Beloved, the most fair,<br \/>\nmy L\u00fathien, with raven hair!\u201d<br \/>\nHis cry was borne upon the air<br \/>\nto lands far distant that were fair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cAragorn!\u201d her sweet voice flew back,<br \/>\n\u201cYour courage is not what you lack.<br \/>\nConfidence, in these evil times,<br \/>\nwould serve you more than faithless mimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">High in the sky, one star still shone \u2013<br \/>\nElbereth, on the gloaming lawn<br \/>\nof Valinor, the Elven home,<br \/>\nwherein fair Elves forever roam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Arwen looked upon this star,<br \/>\nclose it seemed, yet it was far:<br \/>\n\u201cIl\u00favatar, I pray that you<br \/>\nwould guard him in what he\u2019s to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Upon the pinnacle of stone,<br \/>\nstill he stood; he was alone,<br \/>\nwhile through the dusk the night breeze blew<br \/>\no\u2019er Aragorn, the King anew.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~ * ~~<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The One<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>by The Gr\u00e9y Elf<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Once,<br \/>\nthere was The One<br \/>\nThere, then<br \/>\nnot there<br \/>\nWither opened<br \/>\nthe Unlidded&#8217;s stare<br \/>\nFrom iron glove and<br \/>\nglass sand to<br \/>\na humble halfling&#8217;s hand,<br \/>\nit preyed for salvation,<br \/>\nthe ring,<br \/>\nthe Fell Snare<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~ * ~~<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aragorn the D\u00fanedain by Lydwina Marie Upon the pinnacle of stone he stood on high; he was alone&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"parent":80298,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100549","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1tLoH-q9L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100550,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100549\/revisions\/100550"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}