All that is gold does not glitter ‌ 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. (J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings, 1954) The first verse is a rearrangement of the medieval proverb "All that glitters is not gold", known primarily from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, resulting here in a proposition bearing a completely different meaning: Aragorn is vastly more important than he looks. The early version of the poem is recorded in The Treason of Isengard, part of The History of Middle-earth series :
All that is gold does not glitter; all that is long does not last; All that is old does not wither; not all that is over is past. Not all that have fallen are vanquished; a king may yet be without crown, A blade that was broken be brandished; and towers that were strong may fall down. (J. R. R. Tolkien, early version, The Treason of Isengard)
The e-bulletins present articles as well as selections of books, photographs and documents as they have been handed down to the actual owners by their creators and by amateurs from past generations. All the items will be presented in th 21 Nov. 2018 auction (Chayette et Cheval, la Salle 20 rue Drouot, Paris) PWT 37-2018
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