Poems in The Lord of the Rings

The name Poem refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Poetry (disambiguation).

This is a list of poems found within The Lord of the Rings.

Title	First line	Composed by	Recited by	First appearance
The Road Goes Ever On	The road goes ever on and on	Bilbo Baggins	Bilbo	Book I, chapter 1 LR 1.01.122
Ring-verse	Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky	Unknown, includes two lines by Sauron	Gandalf	Book I, chapter 2 LR 1.02.078
Upon the Hearth the Fire is Red	Upon the hearth the fire is red	Bilbo	Frodo, Sam, and Pippin	Book I, chapter 3 LR 1.03.106
	Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear!	Unknown	Gildor or one of his companions	Book I, chapter 3 LR 1.03.122
	Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go	Unknown	Frodo, Sam, Pippin	Book I, chapter 4 LR 1.04.056
Bath-song	Sing hey! for the bath at close of day	Unknown, possibly Bilbo	Pippin	Book I, chapter 5 LR 1.05.030
	Farewell we call to hearth and hall!	Merry and Pippin	Merry and Pippin	Book I, chapter 5 LR 1.05.083
	O! Wanderers in the shadowed land	Unknown	Frodo	Book I, chapter 6 LR 1.06.026
	Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!	Tom Bombadil	Tom Bombadil	Book I, chapter 6 LR 1.06.072
	Hop along, my little friends, up the Withywindle!	Tom Bombadil and Goldberry	Tom Bombadil and Goldberry	Book I, chapter 6 LR 1.06.086
	O slender as a willow-wand!	Frodo	Frodo	Book I, chapter 7 LR 1.07.006
	I had an errand there: gathering water-lilies	Tom Bombadil	Tom Bombadil	Book I, chapter 7 LR 1.07.027
	Ho! Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo!	Tom Bombadil	Tom Bombadil; later Frodo	Book I, chapter 7 LR 1.07.07
	Cold be hand and heart and bone,	Unknown, possibly the barrow-wight	A barrow-wight	Book I, chapter 8 LR 1.08.03
	Get Out, you old Wight! Vanish in the sunlight!	Tom Bombadil	Tom Bombadil	Book I, chapter 8 LR 1.08.044
	Wake now my merry lads! Wake and hear me calling	Tom Bombadil	Tom Bombadil	Book I, chapter 8 LR 1.08.049
	Hey! Now! Come hoy now! Whither do you wander?	Tom Bombadil	Tom Bombadil	Book I, chapter 8 LR 1.08.058
The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late	There is an inn, a merry old inn	Bilbo	Frodo	Book I, chapter 9 LR 1.09.065
	All that is gold does not glitter	Bilbo	Gandalf, in a letter; later Bilbo	Book I, chapter 10 LR 1.10.080
The Fall of Gil-galad	Gil-galad was an Elven-king	Unknown elf, translated by Bilbo	Sam	Book I, chapter 11 LR 1.11.082
	The leaves were long, the grass was green	Unknown elf, translated by Aragorn	Aragorn	Book I, chapter 11 LR 1.11.139
The Stone Troll	Troll sat alone on his seat of stone	Sam	Sam	Book I, chapter 12 LR 1.12.069
Eärendillinwë	Eärendil was a mariner	Bilbo	Bilbo	Book II, chapter 1 LR 2.01.142
A Elbereth Gilthoniel	A Elbereth Gilthoniel	Unknown elf	Unknown elf in Rivendell	Book II, chapter 1 LR 2.01.168
	Seek for the Sword that was broken	Unknown, presumably supernatural	Voice in dreams	Book II, chapter 2 LR 2.02.051
When winter first begins to bite	When winter first begins to bite	Unknown	Bilbo	Book II, chapter 3 LR 2.03.014
I Sit beside the Fire	I sit beside the fire and think	Bilbo	Bilbo	Book II, chapter 3 LR 2.03.064
	The world was young, the mountains green,	Unknown dwarf	Gimli	Book II, chapter 4 LR 2.04.183
Lay of Nimrodel	An Elven-maid there was of old	Unknown elf	Legolas	Book II, chapter 6 LR 2.06.062
	When evening in the Shire was grey	Frodo and Sam	Frodo and Sam	Book II, chapter 7 LR 2.07.053
Galadriel's Song	I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold	Galadriel	Galadriel	Book II, chapter 8 LR 2.08.044
Namárië	Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen	Galadriel	Galadriel	Book II, chapter 8 LR 2.08.078
Song of Boromir	Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows	Aragorn and Legolas	Aragorn and Legolas	Book III, chapter 1 LR 3.01.047
	Gondor! Gondor, between the Mountains and the Sea!	Unknown	Aragorn	Book III, chapter 2 LR 3.02.018
Long List of the Ents	Learn now the lore of Living Creatures!	Unknown; Pippin adds a line	Treebeard	Book III, chapter 4 LR 3.04.027
In the Willow-meads of Tasarinan	In the willow-meads of Tasarinan I walked in the Spring	Treebeard	Treebeard	Book III, chapter 4 LR 3.04.077
song of the Ent and Entwife	When Spring unfolds the beechen leaf, and sap is in the bough	Unknown elf	Treebeard	Book III, chapter 4 LR 3.04.121
	O Orofarnê, Lassemista, Carnimiriê!	Bregalad	Bregalad	Book III, chapter 4 LR 3.04.159
	We come, we come with roll of drum	Unknown ent	Ents	Book III, chapter 4 LR 3.04.165
	Where now are the Dúnedain, Elessar, Elessar?	Galadriel	Gandalf	Book III, chapter 5 LR 3.05.143
	Legolas Greenleaf long under tree	Galadriel	Gandalf	Book III, chapter 5 LR 3.05.145
	Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?	Unknown Rohanese poet	Aragorn	Book III, chapter 6 LR 3.06.016
	In Dwimordene, in Lórien	Unknown	Gandalf	Book III, chapter 6 LR 3.06.064
	Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden!	Unknown Rohanese poet	Théoden	Book III, chapter 6 LR 3.06.101
	Ere iron was found or tree was hewn	Unknown, possibly Gandalf	Gandalf	Book III, chapter 8 LR 3.08.014
Rhymes of Lore	Tall ships and tall kings	Unknown	Gandalf	Book III, chapter 11 LR 3.11.091
	The cold hard lands	Gollum	Gollum	Book IV, chapter 2 LR 4.02.005
Oliphaunt	Grey as a mouse	Unknown hobbit	Sam	Book IV, chapter 3 LR 4.03.072
	Over the land there lies a long shadow	Malbeth	Aragorn	Book V, chapter 2 LR 5.02.084
	From dark Dunharrow in the dim morning	Unknown Rohanese poet		Book V, chapter 3 LR 5.03.097
	Out of doubt, out of dark to the day’s rising	Éomer	Éomer	Book V, chapter 6 LR 5.06.060
	We heard of the horns in the hills ringing	Unknown Rohanese poet		Book V, chapter 6 LR 5.06.072
	When the black breath blows	Unknown Gondorian	The Warden of the Houses of Healing	Book V, chapter 8 LR 5.08.068
	Silver flow the streams from Celos to Erui	Unknown elf	Legolas	Book V, chapter 9 LR 5.09.035
In Western Lands	In western lands beneath the Sun	Sam	Sam	Book VI, chapter 1 LR 6.01.063
	Long live the Halflings! Praise them with great praise!	Unknown Gondorian	Men of Gondor	Book VI, chapter 4 LR 6.04.043
	To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying	Unknown elf, probably Legolas	Legolas	Book VI, chapter 4 LR 6.04.071
	Sing now, ye people of the Tower of Anor	A great Eagle	A great Eagle	Book VI, chapter 5 LR 6.05.050
	Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day’s rising	Gléowine	Rohirrim	Book V, chapter 67 LR 6.06.025

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