Once called "Firiel," this poem tells of a mortal maiden who wakes at dawn to see the Elves' last ship departing for the West, and who is invited aboard -- but chooses to stay behind, bound to the mortal shore.
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