Far over misty mountains cold. To dungeons deep and caverns old. We must away, ere break of day, To find our long-forgotten gold.
J. R. R. TolkienAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer, Poet
- Nationality: english
- Born: January 3, 1892
- Died: September 2, 1973
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