Властелин колец: Две башни
The Window on the West
FortheEnemyincreasesandwedecrease.Weareafailingpeople,aspringlessautumn.
`TheMenofNúmenorweresettledfarandwideontheshoresandseawardregionsoftheGreatLands,butforthemostparttheyfellintoevilsandfollies.ManybecameenamouredoftheDarknessandtheblackarts;someweregivenoverwhollytoidlenessandease,andsomefoughtamongthemselves,untiltheywereconqueredintheirweaknessbythewildmen.
`ItisnotsaidthatevilartswereeverpractisedinGondor,orthattheNamelessOnewasevernamedinhonourthere;andtheoldwisdomandbeautybroughtoutoftheWestremainedlongintherealmofthesonsofElendiltheFair,andtheylingertherestill.YetevensoitwasGondorthatbroughtaboutitsowndecay,fallingbydegreesintodotage,andthinkingthattheEnemywasasleep,whowasonlybanishednotdestroyed.
’Deathwaseverpresent,becausetheNúmenoreansstill,astheyhadintheiroldkingdom,andsolostit,hungeredafterendlesslifeunchanging.Kingsmadetombsmoresplendidthanhousesoftheliving.andcountedoldnamesintherollsoftheirdescentdearerthanthenamesofsons.Childlesslordssatinagedhallsmusingonheraldry;insecretchamberswitheredmencompoundedstrongelixirs,orinhighcoldtowersaskedquestionsofthestars.AndthelastkingofthelineofAnárionhadnoheir.
`Butthestewardswerewiserandmorefortunate.Wiser,fortheyrecruitedthestrengthofourpeoplefromthesturdyfolkofthesea-coast,andfromthehardymountaineersofEredNimrais.
