The poem Over Old Hills and Far Away was written by J.R.R. Tolkien in 1915. It appears in the commentary of a chapter of The Book of Lost Tales Part One, "The Chaining of Melko".
First stanza[]
"It was early and still in the night of June,
And few were the stars, and far was the moon,
The drowsy trees drooping, and silently creeping
Shadows woke under them while they were sleeping."
References in popular culture[]
- The band Led Zeppelin wrote the song “Over the hill and Far away” based on this poem. It was the third track of the album Houses of the Holy.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Train, Dain. “The Tolkien-Zeppelin Connection.” Metal Storm, 28 Oct. 2004, www.metalstorm.net/pub/article.php?article_id=65.