Сильмариллион
Of the Coming of Men into the West
TheMenofthathouseweredarkorbrownofhair,withgreyeyes;andofallMentheyweremostliketotheNoldorandmostlovedbythem;fortheywereeagerofmind,cunning-handed,swiftinunderstanding,longinmemory,andtheyweremovedsoonertopitythantolaughter.LiketothemwerethewoodlandfolkofHaleth,buttheywereoflesserstature,andlesseagerforlore.Theyusedfewwords,anddidnotlovegreatconcourseofmen;andmanyamongthemdelightedinsolitude,wanderingfreeinthegreenwoodswhilethewonderofthelandsoftheEldarwasnewuponthem.ButintherealmsoftheWesttheirtimewasbriefandtheirdaysunhappy.
TheyearsoftheEdainwerelengthened,accordingtothereckoningofMen,aftertheircomingtoBeleriand;butatlastBeortheOlddiedwhenhehadlivedthreeandninetyyears,forfourandfortyofwhichhehadservedKingFelagund.Andwhenhelaydead,ofnowoundorgrief,butstrickenbyage,theEldarsawforthefirsttimetheswiftwaningofthelifeofMen,andthedeathofwearinesswhichtheyknewnotinthemselves;andtheygrievedgreatlyforthelossoftheirfriends.ButBeoratthelasthadrelinquishedhislifewillinglyandpassedinpeace;andtheEldarwonderedmuchatthestrangefateofMen,forinalltheirloretherewasnoaccountofit,anditsendwashiddenfromthem
