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Departure of Théoden

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from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
J. R. R. Tolkien Music Bee

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From dark Dun har row in the dim mor ning with

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thane and cap tain rode Then gel's son: to Ed or as he came, the

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an cient halls of the Mark- war dens mist- en shroud ed;

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gold en tim bers were in gloom mant led. Fare well he bade to his

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free peop le, hearth and high- seat, and the hal lowed plac es, where

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long he had feast ed ere the light fad ed. Forth rode the king,

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fear be hind him, fate be fore him. Feal ty kept he; oaths he had tak en,

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all ful filled them. Forth rode Thé od en. Five nights and days

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east and on ward rode the E or lin gas through Folde and Fen march

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and the Fi ri en wood, six thou sand spears to Sun lend ing,

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Mund burg the might y un der Min dol lu in, Sea- king's ci ty

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in the South- king dom foe- be lea guered, fire en circ led. Doom

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drove them on. Dark ness took them, horse and horse man;

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hoof beats a far sank in to sil ence: so the songs tell us.

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rit.

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