Re: The chain that snaps

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From	Louis Epstein <le@lekno.ws>
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Subject	Re: The chain that snaps
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Date	Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:53:59 -0000 (UTC)
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In alt.fan.tolkien David Dalton <dalton@nfld.com> wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2026, David Dalton wrote
> (in article<0001HW.2F3007CE0297FA6330B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org>):
> 
>> From The Silmarillion by Tolkien:
>>
>> He chanted a song of wizardry,
>> Of piercing, opening, of treachery,
>> Revealing, uncovering, betraying.
>> Then suddenly Felagund there swaying
>> Sang in answer a song of staying,
>> Resisting, battling against power,
>> Of secrets kept, strength like a tower,
>> And trust unbroken, freedom, escape;
>> Of changing and of shifting shape,
>> Of snares eluded, broken traps,
>> The prison opening, the chain that snaps.
>>
>> I crossed off everything that followed.

...but Finrod fell before the throne.

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at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.

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