Work
Upon the Hearth the Fire Is Red
J. R. R. Tolkien · 1967poem
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Also present
- Themefriendship
- Tonehopeful
Sung by the hobbits as they leave the Shire, this marching song weighs the comforts of hearth and bed left behind against the pull of the road, trusting some new path or hidden gate waits around the next corner.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- contained in The Road Goes Ever on: A Song Cyclecollection