Silmarillion: Poetry: Song of the Mariner's Wife

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Title: Song of the Mariner's Wife
Fandom: Silmarillion
Challenge: Travel
Other prompt: N/A
Rating: G
Length: 200
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Thanks go to Zana, Morgynleri & Runa for encouragement & sanity-checking.
Summary: Earendil travels, Elwing waits


Will you cross the sea my love
Will you fare away
Through wave and billow, wind and spray
O'er water where the fishes play
Sail or fly or swim

Will you cross the desert grim
Will you fare away
Where ice and fire flesh doth flay
O'er sand and stone and drouth-cracked clay
Ride or walk or steer

Will you cross the mountains sheer
Will you fare away
By narrow paths, the secret way
O'er pass and peak and scarp so grey
Walk or climb or creep/leap

Will you cross the forest deep
Will you fare away
Neath branch and bole in stern array
O'er rushing stream where shadows stray
Wander, walk or ride

Will you cross the uplands wide
Will you fare away
Through mead and meadow green and gay
O'er windy steppes where grasses sway
Ride or race or fly

Will you cross the starry sky
Will you fare away
On wings aetheric, above the fray
The Walls of Night defend, assay
Fly and sail and glide

Will you here with me abide
Return from far away
To my white tower make thy way
A hand of days, no more can stay
Still with me my love