The Hobbit Hole XXIV - Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

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[HairOfTheDog]

Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!

Sand and Stone and Pool and Dell...

• First thread: New Zealander builds Hobbit hole
• Second thread: The New Hobbit Hole
• Third thread: The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads! (Congratulations, we filled it up!)
• Fourth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IV - The Road Goes Ever On...
• Fifth Thread: The Hobbit Hole V - Where Many Paths and Errands Meet...
• Sixth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VI - And Whither Then? I Cannot Say...
• Seventh Thread: The Hobbit Hole VII - But not yet weary are our feet...
• Eighth Thread: The Hobbit Hole VIII - Still round the corner we may meet...
• Ninth Thread: The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone
• Tenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole X - That none have seen but we alone.
      Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
• Twelfth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XII - Tree and flower and leaf and grass
• Thirteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIII - Let them pass! Let them pass!
• Fourteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XIV - Hill and Water Under Sky
• Fifteenth thread: The Hobbit Hole XV - Pass them by! Pass them by!
• Sixteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVI - Still round the corner there may wait...
• Seventeenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVII - A new road or a secret gate...
• Eighteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XVIII - Though we pass them by today...
• Nineteenth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XIX - Tomorrow we may come this way...
• Twentieth Thread: The Hobbit Hole XX - And take the hidden paths that run...
• Twenty-first Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXI - ...Towards the Moon or to the Sun.
• Twenty-second Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXII - ...Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe
• Twenty-third Thread: The Hobbit Hole XXIII - Let them go! Let them go!

New verse:

Upon the hearth the fire is red, Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet, Still round the corner we may meet A sudden tree or standing stone That none have seen but we alone. Tree and flower and leaf and grass, Let them pass! Let them pass! Hill and water under sky, Pass them by! Pass them by!

Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though we pass them by today, Tomorrow we may come this way And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun. Apple, thorn, and nut and sloe, Let them go! Let them go! Sand and stone and pool and dell, Fare you well! Fare you well!

Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are all alight. Then world behind and home ahead, We’ll wander back to home and bed. Mist and twilight, cloud and shade, Away shall fade! Away shall fade! Fire and lamp, and meat and bread, And then to bed! And then to bed!

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[Lil'freeper]

It ain't fer the lack of tryin'...

I hear ya.

[Corin Stormhands]

I believe that some day the world will be smart enough to pay me the meag-bucks to sit at my keyboard and write for them.

Hey, a dwarf can dream, can't he?

[Lil'freeper]

Hey, a dwarf can dream, can't he?

< music >To dream the impossible dream...< /music >

[Corin Stormhands]

< music >To fight the unbeatable foe...< /music >

[Lil'freeper]

< music > To bear with unbearable sorrow < /music >

[Corin Stormhands]

< music > To run where the brave dare not go.< /music >

In a natural, sprinting kind of way.

[Lil'freeper]

(ok, I admit I've had to look up the next line...)

< music > To right the unrightable wrong. < /music >

[Corin Stormhands]

(it was sort of a college era theme song for me)

< music > To love, pure and chaste from afar.< /music >

[Lil'freeper]

(Is it a good thing?)

< music > To try, when your arms are too weary, < /music >

[Corin Stormhands]

(yeah, it's good, if a bit nostalgic)

< music > To reach the unreachable star. < /music >

[JenB]

Darn you, earworm!

[Lil'freeper]

< Louder >

This is my Quest to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far,
To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march into hell
For a heavenly cause!

< /Louder >

[Corin Stormhands]

shhhh! We're singing!

[Corin Stormhands]

< with purpose >

And I know, if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest

< /purpose >

[Lil'freeper]

< crescendo >

And the world will be better for this,
That one man, scorned and covered with scars,
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage,
To reach the unreachable stars!

< Hold it >
< Hold that note >
< /Hold >
< /great song >

[Corin Stormhands]

~snif~

[Corin Stormhands]

If I were a rich dwarf...

[JenB]

No! No more singing!

[Corin Stormhands]

Then perhaps a few stanzas of Vogon poetry?

[Overtaxed]

A buzzard's a two-face.
A worrisom thing that'll lead you to sing the blues....in the night.