The Falls of Rauros 2019
The Falls of Rauros 2019
The Falls of Rauros 2019
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Oil and gold leaf on canvas
80cmx60cm
The Falls of Rauros were the great falls of the River Anduin at which the river fell from the Nen Hithoel into the wetland of Nindalf.
The hill and island of Tol Brandir stood in the middle of the falls.At the breaking of the Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo and Sam paddled a boat from the west bank of the river to the east just above the falls and had to use all their strength to avoid being swept over the falls by the current. Shortly afterward Boromir’s body was placed in another boat by Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli who sent it over the falls, but it apparently survived the fall.
From the Gate of the Kings the North Wind rides, and past the roaring falls,
And clear and cold about the tower its loud horn calls.
‘What news from the North, O mighty wind, do you bring to me today?
What news of Boromir the bold? For he is long away.’
‘Beneath Amon Hen I heard his cry. There many foes he fought,
His cloven shield, his broken sword, they to the water brought.
His head so proud, his face so fair, his limbs they laid to rest,
And Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, bore him upon its breast.
‘O Boromir! The Tower of Guard shall ever northward gaze,
To Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, until the end of days.
Description
Original art work
Size: 80 cm x 60 cm
Framed and signed by the artist
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