Song Of Aragorn

by J R R Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien(1892-1973) was born of British parents in Bloemfontein, South Africa in January of 1892, but moved with his mother, Mabel Tolkien, to England, at the age of three. Tolkien lost his father when he was very young. In 1904 Tolkien’s mother died, and the young John Ronald Reuel moved with his brother Hilary to his aunt’s home in England (the West Midlands).

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 reached 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.