{"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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a>I weep for Ad\u00fbnaic\u2014it is dead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a><\/a>Oh, weep for Ad\u00fbnaic! Extinct tongue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of sunken N\u00famen\u00f3r! Of men who fled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">their language and their home to live among<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">elves, ents and hobbits, dwarves and orcish dung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oh Ad\u00fbnaic! speech of kingly fools!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forgot among the songs of the Third Age,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sindarin, Quenya, even Dwarf Khuzdul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such linguistic neglect bringeth me rage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No Ad\u00fbnaic now in Middle-Earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">abides in minds of ents or mine-dwellers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">nor elves nor hobbits. 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