The Wight’s Chant
J. R. R. Tolkien * Track #10 On The Lord of the Rings – Poems
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The Wight's Chant by J. R. R. Tolkien
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“This song, heard in "Fog on the Barrow-Downs,” is closely related to the Verse of the Rings. According to “The Hunt for the Ring” in Unfinished Tales, the King of the Nazgul visited the Wights just before the Hobbits ventured into the barrow-downs. The Barrow-wights served the King of the Nazgul du...
The Wight’s Chant Annotated
Cold be hand and heart and bone,
And cold be sleep under stone:
Never more to wake on stony bed,
Never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead.
In the black wind the stars shall die,
And still on gold here let them lie,
Till the dark lord lifts his hand
Over dead sea and withered land.
The Wight’s Chant Q&A
Who wrote The Wight’s Chant's ?
The Wight’s Chant was written by J. R. R. Tolkien.
When did J. R. R. Tolkien release The Wight’s Chant?
J. R. R. Tolkien released The Wight’s Chant on Thu Jul 29 1954.