Out of doubt, out of dark to the day’s rising

This article describes a concept which is mentioned in J.R.R. Tolkien's works, but was never given a definite name.

This article is about poem composed by Éomer. For the the poem composed by Gléowine, see Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day’s rising.

"Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day's rising" is a song and lament composed by Éomer during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, in the face of impending defeat and death. It appears in the chapter "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields".

Later, Gléowine, minstrel of the King's House of Rohan composed a similar song to mourn the passing of Théoden.

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Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day’s rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope’s end I rode and to heart’s breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!^[1]

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↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"

[1] J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"

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