{"id":106620,"date":"2019-06-28T01:50:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T06:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?page_id=106620"},"modified":"2019-06-28T01:50:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T06:50:12","slug":"the-great-hall-of-poets-may-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/the-great-hall-of-poets-may-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Hall of Poets – May 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Wonder of the Shire<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

by David McG.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a wondrous Mallorn tree
That grows free in the Shire
It brings the folk from miles around
It\u2019s beauty to admire.
A gift brought here from fair Lorien
By the hero \u2018Samwise the Brave\u2019
Who wandered far away from home
His people for to save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given with love, by the Lady of Light,
A simple gift it seemed.
But one that has stood the test of time
Far more than Sam had dreamed.
A wooden box containing soil
And a single, silvered seed
With a blessing from the Elven Queen
To help in a time of need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And so it was that little box
Helped revive a broken land
Scoured and barren and doomed to wither
By a desperate Wizards hand.
The soil it helped the earth to bloom
With every single grain
And life returned to the much loved Shire
To heal and ease the pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That precious little silvered seed
Brought the greatest gift of all
A new, deep rooted \u2018Party Tree\u2019
Which stand\u2019s now proud and tall.
Silver leafed through Summer days
Turning Gold like a Winter fire.
This mighty, wondrous Mallorn tree
That grows free in the Shire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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