But I Will Sit And Hearken

Of the theme
that I have
declared
to you,
I will now
that ye make
in harmony
together
a Great Music.
And since
I have kindled
you with
the Flame
Imperishable,
ye shall
show forth
your powers
in adorning
this theme,
each with
his own thoughts
and devices,
if he will.
But I will sit and hearken, and be glad that through you great beauty has been wakened into song.
--J. R. R. Tolkien (from "The Silmarillion")