J. R. R. Tolkien — Roads Go Ever On

Roads go ever ever on Over rock and under tree By caves where never sun has shone By streams that never find the sea Over snow by winter sown And through the merry flowers of June Over grass and over stone And under mountains in the moon Roads go ever ever on Under cloud and under star Yet feet that wandering have gone Turn at last to home afar Eyes that fire and sword have seen And horror in thе halls of stone Look at last on meadows green And trees and hills they long havе known The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began Now far ahead the Road has gone And I must follow, if I can Pursuing it with eager feet Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began Now far ahead the Road has gone And I must follow, if I can Pursuing it with weary feet Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet And whither then? I cannot say The Road goes ever on and on Out from the door where it began Now far ahead the Road has gone Let others follow, if they can! Let them a journey new begin But I at last with weary feet Will turn towards the lighted inn My evening-rest and sleep to meet Still 'round the corner there may wait A new road or secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun