{"id":597,"date":"2022-07-14T11:07:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T10:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimclarke.net\/?p=597"},"modified":"2022-07-14T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T11:25:23","slug":"percy-bysshe-shelley-contemplates-the-linguistic-topography-of-middle-earths-third-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimclarke.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/14\/percy-bysshe-shelley-contemplates-the-linguistic-topography-of-middle-earths-third-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Percy Bysshe Shelley contemplates the linguistic topography of Middle-Earth&#8217;s Third Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crewsproject.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/07\/lotr1-movie-screencaps.com-4253-e1564168872763.jpg?w=1080&#038;resize=393%2C182\" alt=\"I\" width=\"393\" height=\"182\"\/><figcaption>Inscribed in Black Speech of Mordor, not Ad\u00fbnaic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>I weep for Ad\u00fbnaic\u2014it is dead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>Oh, weep for Ad\u00fbnaic! Extinct tongue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of sunken N\u00famen\u00f3r! Of men who fled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>their language and their home to live among<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>elves, ents and hobbits, dwarves and orcish dung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh Ad\u00fbnaic! speech of kingly fools!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forgot among the songs of the Third Age,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sindarin, Quenya, even Dwarf Khuzdul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such linguistic neglect bringeth me rage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No Ad\u00fbnaic now in Middle-Earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>abides in minds of ents or mine-dwellers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nor elves nor hobbits. Such a shameful dearth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This lost tongue of rangers and Gondor fellows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I weep for Ad\u00fbnaic\u2014it is dead! Oh, weep for Ad\u00fbnaic! Extinct tongue of sunken N\u00famen\u00f3r! Of men who fled their language and their home to live among elves, ents and hobbits, dwarves and orcish dung. Oh Ad\u00fbnaic! speech of kingly fools! Forgot among the songs of the Third Age, Sindarin, Quenya, even Dwarf Khuzdul. 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