Сильмариллион
Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath
AndthetreegrewandblossomedinthecourtsoftheKinginArmenelos;Nimlothitwasnamed,andfloweredintheevening,andtheshadowsofnightitfilledwithitsfragrance.
ThusitwasthatbecauseoftheBanoftheValarthevoyagesoftheDunedaininthosedayswentevereastwardandnotwestward,fromthedarknessoftheNorthtotheheatsoftheSouth,andbeyondtheSouthtotheNetherDarkness;andtheycameevenintotheinnerseas,andsailedaboutMiddle-earthandglimpsedfromtheirhighprowstheGatesofMorningintheEast.AndtheDunedaincameattimestotheshoresoftheGreatLands,andtheytookpityontheforsakenworldofMiddle-earth;andtheLordsofNumenorsetfootagainuponthewesternshoresintheDarkYearsofMen,andnoneyetdaredtowithstandthem.FormostoftheMenofthatagethatsatundertheShadowwerenowgrownweakandfearful.AndcomingamongthemtheNumenoreanstaughtthemmanythings.Cornandwinetheybrought,andtheyinstructedMeninthesowingofseedandthegrindingofgrain,inthehewingofwoodandtheshapingofstone,andintheorderingoftheirlife,suchasitmightbeinthelandsofswiftdeathandlittlebliss.
ThentheMenofMiddle-earthwerecomforted,andhereandthereuponthewesternshoresthehouselesswoodsdrewback,andMenshookofftheyokeoftheoffspringofMorgoth,andunlearnedtheirterrorofthedark.
