{"id":102306,"date":"2016-09-26T04:10:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?page_id=102306"},"modified":"2016-09-26T04:10:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T09:10:17","slug":"the-great-hall-of-poets-september-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/the-great-hall-of-poets-september-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Hall of Poets &#8211; September 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Beneath the Trees<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"intro\"><em>By Lydwina Marie<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Galadriel<\/em><br \/>\nI long have stood beneath the trees,<br \/>\nthe stars of Varda o\u2019er my head,<br \/>\nYet my heart dreams of azure seas<br \/>\nfar removed from dark Morgoth\u2019s dread.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Morgoth reigns; I weep tears of grief<br \/>\nfor my beloved Valinor,<br \/>\nIn shadows he comes as a thief<br \/>\nto steal the lights that high did soar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Telperion, O Laurelin,<br \/>\nsilver and golden you once shone,<br \/>\nYour glory robbed by Morgoth\u2019s sin:<br \/>\nthe Elves have fled, the Dark Lord\u2019s won.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now I wander beneath the trees,<br \/>\nmy eyes upon the stars above,<br \/>\nTears are falling on golden leaves,<br \/>\nblanketing the forest I love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">His hand ghosts gently o\u2019er my cheek,<br \/>\nhe lifts my head to meet his eyes:<br \/>\nI see his love, his eyes I seek<br \/>\nfor Celeborn knows why I cry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Celeborn<\/em><br \/>\nShe long has stood beneath the trees,<br \/>\nthe stars of Varda o\u2019er her head,<br \/>\nShe dreams of far-off azure seas<br \/>\nfar removed from dark Morgoth\u2019s dread.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I feel her grief, I see her tears,<br \/>\nmy lovely, cold Galadriel:<br \/>\nHer agony to my heart sears,<br \/>\nfor I love my Galadriel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Now she wanders \u2018neath the trees,<br \/>\nher eyes gaze on the stars above,<br \/>\nHer tears sparkle on golden leaves,<br \/>\nblanketing the forest we love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Her face is cold and fair and white<br \/>\nbeneath the sun and shadowed moon;<br \/>\nAlone she strays within the night,<br \/>\nbut to the seas she will drift soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Beneath the trees of L\u00f3rien<br \/>\ntogether now we wander long.<br \/>\nThe darkness grows in tree and fen,<br \/>\nbut mingled yet will be our song.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~ * ~~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beneath the Trees By Lydwina Marie Galadriel I long have stood beneath the trees, the stars of Varda&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102306","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1tLoH-qC6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102306","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=102306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102307,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102306\/revisions\/102307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}