Roads Go Ever Ever On

roads go ever ever on,
over rock and under tree,
by caves where never
sun has shone,
by streams that never
find the sea;
over snow by winter sown,
and through
the merry flowers of June,
over grass and over stone,
and under mountains
in the moon.


roads go ever ever on,
under cloud and under star.
yet feet
that wandering have gone
turn at last to home afar.
eyes that fire
and sword have seen,
and horror
in the halls of stone
look at last
on meadows green,
and trees and hills
they long have known.


the road goes ever on and on
down from the door
where it began.
now far ahead
the road has gone,
and i must follow,
if i can,
pursuing it
with eager feet,
until it joins
some larger way,
where many paths
and errands meet.


the road goes ever on and on
down from the door
where it began.
now far ahead
the road has gone,
nd i must follow,
if i can,
pursuing it with weary feet,
until it joins some larger way,
where many paths
and errands meet.
and whither then?
i cannot say.


the road goes ever on and on
out from the door
where it began.
now far ahead
the road has gone.
let others follow,
if they can!
let them a journey new begin.
but i at last with weary feet
will turn towards
the lighted inn,
my evening-rest
and sleep to meet.

--j.r.r. tolkien


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