Lament For Boromir

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Through Rohan over fen and field 
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where the long grass grows
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The West Wind comes walking, and 
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about the walls it goes.
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‘What news from the West, O 
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wandering wind, do you bring to me
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 tonight?
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Have you seen Boromir the Tall by 
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moon or by starlight?
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‘I saw him ride over seven streams,
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 over waters wide and grey,
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I saw him walk in empty lands 
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until he passed away
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Into the shadows of the North, I 
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saw him then no more.
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The North Wind may have heard the 
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horn of the son of Denethor,
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‘O Boromir! From the high walls 
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westward I looked afar,
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But you came not from the empty 
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lands where no men are.’


[Verse 2]

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From the mouths of the Sea the 
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South Wind flies, from the 
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sandhills and the stones,
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The wailing of the gulls it 
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bears, and at the gate it moans.
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‘What news from the South, O 
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sighing wind, do you bring to me at 
eve?
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Where now is Boromir the Fair? He 
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tarries and I grieve.
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‘Ask not of me where he doth dwell 
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– so many bones there lie,
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On the white shores and the dark 
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shores under the stormy sky,
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So many have passed down Anduin 
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to find the flowing Sea.
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Ask of the North Wind news of them 
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the North Wind sends to me!’
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‘O Boromir! Beyond the gate the 
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seaward roads runs south,
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But you came not with the wailing 
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gulls from the grey sea’s mouth’.


[Verse 3]

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From the Gate of the Kings the 
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North Wind rides, and past the 
Am       Dm
roaring falls,
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And clear and cold about the 
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tower its loud horn calls.
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‘What news from the North, O 
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mighty wind, do you bring to me 
today?
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What news of Boromir the bold? For
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 he is long away.’
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‘Beneath Amon Hen I heard his cry. 
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Many foes he fought,
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His cloven shield, his broken 
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sword, they to the water brought.
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His head so proud, his face so 
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fair, his limbs they laid to rest,
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And Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, 
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bore him upon its breast.
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‘O Boromir! The Tower of Guard 
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shall ever northward gaze,
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To Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, 
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until the end of days.