When Spirit unfolds the Scripture-leaf
And sap is in the bough
When light springs forth a living stream
And wind is on the brow
When pride is gone, and breath is pure
And keen the heart’s own air
Come back to me! Come back to me
And say my land is fair!
And say my land is fair!
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Adapted from The Ent and the
Entwife song recited to Merry and Pippin by Treebeard in The Lord of the
Rings, The Two Towers, "Treebeard" (J.R.R. Tolkien). Words in
italics are direct quotations.
