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J. R. R. Tolkien · 1955poem

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In this 1955 poem, an aged monk modeled on Saint Brendan recalls a sea-voyage toward Paradise, glimpsing a burning mountain and a leafless tree bearing one white flower -- images echoing the drowning of Numenor and the White Tree of Tolkien's legendarium.

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