Splendor and Spontaneity

Arnthro

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'I can take you to them, sir,' said Sam. 'It's a big house this, and very peculiar. Always a bit more to discover, and no knowing what you'll find around a corner. And Elves, sir! Elves here, and Elves there! Some like kings, terrible and splendid; and some as merry as children. And the music and the singing -- not that I have had the time or the heart for much listening since we got here. But I'm getting to know some of the ways of the place.' (FOTR - Many Meetings)

I wonder if Sam bursts into song or poetry beginning with 'And Elves sir!' and then the dash bringing him out of his rhythmic trance into 'not that I have had the time....'

It may make sense in that Sam is so happy to see his Master awake with a warm hand (and of course all amped up to show Frodo Rivendell) that he gets caught up in the splendor and spontaneously busts into verse. As Merry says to Sam in the Flight to the Ford, "There's more stored in your head than you let on about."

For example:
And Elves, sir!
Elves here,
And Elves there!
Some like kings,
Terrible and splendid;
And some as merry as children,
And the music,
And the singing-
 
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