Flammifer
Well-Known Member
What was the eventual fate of Frodo and Bilbo, after they went to Elvenhome and were healed? We can only speculate. However, there is a singular precedent, and that is what happened to Earendil. So, with that, I give you the last two stanzas of a much longer lay:
The Doom of Frodo & Bilbo Baggins
A dinghy then they built for them
Of mithril and of elven glass
No small motor, no shaven oar
Nor sail she bore, nor silver mast:
Elbereth then, did thither come
And wings immortal made for them,
And laid on them undying doom,
To fly up to ‘Tindomiel’
Behind the sun and light of moon.
For on them mighty doom was laid,
Til Moon should fade, on orbed star
To pass, and tarry never more
On Hither Shores where mortals are;
For-ever on ‘Tindomiel’
An errand that should never rest
To be good friends to Earendil,
Alleviate his Loneliness.
The Doom of Frodo & Bilbo Baggins
A dinghy then they built for them
Of mithril and of elven glass
No small motor, no shaven oar
Nor sail she bore, nor silver mast:
Elbereth then, did thither come
And wings immortal made for them,
And laid on them undying doom,
To fly up to ‘Tindomiel’
Behind the sun and light of moon.
For on them mighty doom was laid,
Til Moon should fade, on orbed star
To pass, and tarry never more
On Hither Shores where mortals are;
For-ever on ‘Tindomiel’
An errand that should never rest
To be good friends to Earendil,
Alleviate his Loneliness.