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To: IronJack
Go to "The Fellowship of the Ring", page 231,August 1982 edition. Chapter 10 Strider

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 touched 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"

1,813 posted on 11/29/2001 3:01:13 PM PST by airborne
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To: airborne
Go to Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, which predates Tolkien by a couple centuries or so, and from whom the bloviating Englishman stole that line:

"'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters."

I believe William Blake also used a similar line, but substituted "glisters" for "glistens."

1,817 posted on 11/29/2001 3:07:58 PM PST by IronJack
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