Властелин колец: Братство кольца
The Breaking of the Fellowship
Southwardhelooked,andbelowhisveryfeettheGreatRivercurledlikeatopplingwaveandplungedoverthefallsofRaurosintoafoamingpit;aglimmeringrainbowplayeduponthefume.AndEthirAnduinhesaw,themightydeltaoftheRiver,andmyriadsofsea-birdswhirlinglikeawhitedustinthesun,andbeneaththemagreenandsilversea,ripplinginendlesslines.
Buteverywherehelookedhesawthesignsofwar.TheMistyMountainswerecrawlinglikeanthills:orcswereissuingoutofathousandholes.UndertheboughsofMirkwoodtherewasdeadlystrifeofElvesandMenandfellbeasts.ThelandoftheBeorningswasaflame;acloudwasoverMoria;smokeroseonthebordersofLorien.
HorsemenweregallopingonthegrassofRohan;wolvespouredfromIsengard.FromthehavensofHaradshipsofwarputouttosea;andoutoftheEastMenweremovingendlessly:swordsmen,spearmen,bowmenuponhorses,chariotsofchieftainsandladenwains.AllthepoweroftheDarkLordwasinmotion.ThenturningsouthagainhebeheldMinasTirith.Farawayitseemed.andbeautiful:white-walled,many-towered,proudandfairuponitsmountain-seat;itsbattlementsglitteredwithsteel,anditsturretswerebrightwithmanybanners.Hopeleapedinhisheart.ButagainstMinasTirithwassetanotherfortress,greaterandmorestrong.Thither,eastward,unwillinghiseyewasdrawn.ItpassedtheruinedbridgesofOsgiliath,thegrinninggatesofMinasMorgul.
