Властелин колец: Братство кольца
Farewell to Lorien
"Theseboatsarelight-built,andtheyarecraftyandunliketheboatsofotherfolk.Theywillnotsink,ladethemasyouwill;buttheyarewaywardifmishandled.Itwouldbewiseifyouaccustomedyourselvestosteppinginandout,herewherethereisalanding-place,beforeyousetoffdownstream."
TheCompanywasarrangedinthisway:Aragorn,Frodo,andSamwereinoneboat;Boromir,Merry,andPippininanother;andinthethirdwereLegolasandGimli,whohadnowbecomefastfriends.Inthislastboatmostofthegoodsandpackswerestowed.Theboatsweremovedandsteeredwithshort-handledpaddlesthathadbroadleaf-shapedblades.WhenallwasreadyAragornledthemonatrialuptheSilverlode.Thecurrentwasswiftandtheywentforwardslowly.Samsatinthebows,clutchingthesides,andlookingbackwistfullytotheshore.Thesunlightglitteringonthewaterdazzledhiseyes.AstheypassedbeyondthegreenfieldoftheTongue,thetreesdrewdowntotheriver’sbrink.Hereandtheregoldenleavestossedandfloatedontheripplingstream.Theairwasverybrightandstill,andtherewasasilence,exceptforthehighdistantsongoflarks.
Theyturnedasharpbendintheriver,andthere,sailingproudlydownthestreamtowardthem,theysawaswanofgreatsize.Thewaterrippledoneithersideofthewhitebreastbeneathitscurvingneck.Itsbeakshonelikeburnishedgold,anditseyesglintedlikejetsetinyellowstones;itshugewhitewingswerehalflifted.
