Сильмариллион
Of the Darkening of Valinor
VardalookeddownfromTaniquetil,andbeheldtheShadowsoaringupinsuddentowersofgloom;Valmarhadfounderedinadeepseaofnight.SoontheHolyMountainstoodalone,alastislandinaworldthatwasdrowned.Allsongceased.TherewassilenceinValinor,andnosoundcouldbeheard,saveonlyfromafartherecameonthewindthroughthepassofthemountainsthewailingoftheTelerilikethecoldcryofgulls.ForitblewchillfromtheEastinthathour,andthevastshadowsoftheseawererolledagainstthewallsoftheshore.
ButManwefromhishighseatlookedout,andhiseyesalonepiercedthroughthenight,untiltheysawaDarknessbeyonddarkwhichtheycouldnotpenetrate,hugebutfaraway,movingnownorthwardwithgreatspeed;andheknewthatMelkorhadcomeandgone.
Thenthepursuitwasbegun;andtheearthshookbeneaththehorsesofthehostofOrome,andthefirethatwasstrickenfromthehoovesofNaharwasthefirstlightthatreturnedtoValinor.ButsosoonasanycameupwiththeCloudofUngolianttheridersoftheValarwereblindedanddismayed,andtheywerescattered,andwenttheyknewnotwhither;andthesoundoftheValaromafalteredandfailed.AndTulkaswasasonecaughtinablacknetatnight,andhestoodpowerlessandbeattheairinvain.ButwhentheDarknesshadpassed,itwastoolate:Melkorhadgonewhitherhewould,andhisvengeancewasachieved.
