Сильмариллион
Of Feanor and the Unchaining of Melkor
ButwhenMiriellanguishedstill,FinwesoughtthecounselofManwe,andManwedeliveredhertothecareofIrmoinLorien.Attheirparting(foralittlewhileashethought)Finwewassad,foritseemedanunhappychancethatthemothershoulddepartandmissthebeginningatleastofthechildhooddaysofherson.
’Itisindeedunhappy,’saidMiriel,’andIwouldweep,ifIwerenotsoweary.Butholdmeblamelessinthis,andinallthatmaycomeafter.’
ShewentthentothegardensofLorienandlaydowntosleep;butthoughsheseemedtosleep,herspiritindeeddepartedfromherbody,andpassedinsilencetothehallsofMandos.ThemaidensofEstetendedthebodyofMiriel,anditremainedunwithered;butshedidnotreturn.ThenFinwelivedinsorrow;andhewentoftentothegardensofLorien,andsittingbeneaththesilverwillowsbesidethebodyofhiswifehecalledherbyhernames.Butitwasunavailing;andaloneinalltheBlessedRealmhewasdeprivedofjoy.AfterawhilehewenttoLoriennomore.
Anhislovehegavethereaftertohisson;andFeanorgrewswiftly,asifasecretfirewerekindledwithinhim.Hewastall,andfairofface,andmasterful,hiseyespiercinglybrightandhishairraven-dark;inthepursuitofallhispurposeseagerandsteadfast.Feweverchangedhiscoursesbycounsel,nonebyforce.HebecameofalltheNoldor,thenorafter,themostsubtleinmindandthemostskilledinhand.Inhisyouth,betteringtheworkofRumil,hedevisedthoseletterswhichbearhisname,andwhichtheEldarusedeverafter;andheitwaswho,firstoftheNoldor,discoveredhowgemsgreaterandbrighterthanthoseoftheearthmightbemadewithskill.
