Originally titled "The Shadow Man," this eerie, minor-key poem follows a solitary man who dances at dusk with a silent shadow that becomes his bride -- a brief mood-piece of enchantment and isolation.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- contained in A Tolkien Miscellanyomnibus
- contained in Farmer Giles of Ham / The Adventures of Tom Bombadilomnibus
- contained in Poems and Storiesomnibus
- contained in Tales from the Perilous Realmomnibus
- contained in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Bookcollection
- contained in The Tolkien Readeromnibus
- contained in Tolkien Fantasy Tales Box Setomnibus