Властелин колец: Братство кольца
Lothlorien
ThenhelookedeastwardandsawallthelandofLorienrunningdowntothepalegleamofAnduin,theGreatRiver.Heliftedhiseyesacrosstheriverandallthelightwentout,andhewasbackagainintheworldheknew.Beyondtheriverthelandappearedflatandempty,formlessandvague,untilfarawayitroseagainlikeawall,darkanddrear.ThesunthatlayonLothlorienhadnopowertoenlightentheshadowofthatdistantheight.
"ThereliesthefastnessofSouthernMirkwood,"saidHaldir."Itiscladinaforestofdarkfir,wherethetreesstriveoneagainstanotherandtheirbranchesrotandwither.InthemidstuponastonyheightstandsDolGuldur,wherelongthehiddenEnemyhadhisdwelling.Wefearthatnowitisinhabitedagain,andwithpowersevenfold.Ablackcloudliesoftenoveritoflate.Inthishighplaceyoumayseethetwopowersthatareopposedonetoanother;andevertheystrivenowinthought,butwhereasthelightperceivestheveryheartofthedarkness,itsownsecrethasnotbeendiscovered.Notyet."Heturnedandclimbedswiftlydown,andtheyfollowedhim.
Atthehill’sfootFrodofoundAragorn,standingstillandsilentasatree;butinhishandwasasmallgoldenbloomofelanor,andalightwasinhiseyes.Hewaswrappedinsomefairmemory:andasFrodolookedathimheknewthathebeheldthingsastheyoncehadbeeninthissameplace