Creatures graze and play /
where swift water breaks the proud /
cliffs’ reign of terror. /
Yet awful clouds crown these cliffs /
as if Sauron’s riders rage. //
James Ward. Gordale Scar.
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Can’t not like the LOTR reference. Dark words and dark meaning for a devastatingly dark piece of art.
Thanks so much! I was going to do Waterhouse instead of Ward … but changed my mind. Was surfing from name to name in the Ws and saw this and INSTANTLY thought of LOTR. Just passed the part where Frodo and Sam went to Cirith Ungol. Good timing!