Rc – Tolkien – LotR – Gandalf – ‘Stay this madness!’
‘Stay! Stay!’
cried Gandalf, springing forward to the stone stair before the door.
‘Stay this madness!’
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‘Stay! Stay!’
cried Gandalf, springing forward to the stone stair before the door.
‘Stay this madness!’
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The old man laid the sword along his lap,
and Pippin put his hand to the hilt,
and said slowly after Denethor: […]
Oft evil will shall evil mar.
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Última Hora, FDS, 16 de noviembre de 2001
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Estoy esperando con una mezcla de impaciencia y temor el estreno de «El Señor de los Anillos» (en adelante, lo citaré como el «Señor»). De un lado tengo prisa por verla de una vez y salir de dudas sobre el acierto – o falta de él – con que han podido meter unas mil páginas de excelente texto en tres películas de dos horas. De otro, aún me estremece recordar cómo pisotearon el libro las huestes de Bakshi en el intento anterior… Y todavía me asusta más que decida usted que, vista la película, no le hace falta leer el libro. Tal vez ocurra lo contrario, y le sirva de «aperitivo». Es probable que suban las ventas. El tiempo lo dirá. […]
‘The courtesy of your hall is
somewhat lessened of late,
Théoden son of Thengel,’
said Gandalf.
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… if they are afraid of just five of us,
then we have met worse enemies on our travels.
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(III, 330)
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The Balrog reached the bridge.
Gandalf stood in the middle of the span,
leaning on the staff in his left hand,
but in his other hand
Glamdring gleamed, cold and white. […]
«In one thing
you have not changed,
dear friend,»
said Aragorn:
«you still speak in riddles.» […]
‘I am with you at present,’ said Gandalf, ‘but soon I shall not be. I am not coming to the Shire. You must settle its affairs yourselves; that is what you have been trained for. Do you not yet understand? My time is over: it is no longer my task to set things […]
‘But if you would know,
I am turning aside soon.
I am going to have a long talk with Bombadil:
such a talk as I have not had in all my time.
He is a moss-gatherer, and
I have been a stone doomed to rolling.
But my […]