"Under the Mountain dark and tallThe King has come unto his hall!His foe is dead,the Worm of Dread,And ever so his foes shall fall.The sword is sharp, ...

You certainly usually find something if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
~ J. R. R. Tolkien ~












You certainly usually find something if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were ...
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