Titled from a Beowulf phrase for treasure "wound about with spells," this poem traces a hoard of gold from elves to dwarf to dragon to a doomed old king, each owner undone in turn by its curse.
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 Songs of Middle Earthomnibus
- 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 J. R. R. Tolkien Audio Collectionomnibus
- contained in The Tolkien Readeromnibus
- contained in Tolkien Fantasy Tales Box Setomnibus