Story Downloaded from Open Scrolls Archive (https://www.openscrolls.net) Title: Lost Purity (#1015) Author: saborice Chapters: 1 Archive: Tolkien Category: Bombadil's Corner Description: About the time ending for elves (leaving Middle-Earth) Published: 13 Jun 2004 Updated: 13 Jun 2004 Warnings: Type: General Characters: Chapter 1 - Lost Purity Those who are among the land Beauty is and always was The purity kept at distant hand The time now has come For the angels To be swept into the distance Their destiny almost seems brutal For they only kept the land In their cleanliness and chasity It is saddening To see them go From a box inside my head I cannot see The light among this Lost purity ------------------------------------------------------------------ Downloaded from Open Scrolls Archive (https://www.openscrolls.net) on Sun Nov 15, 2026 3:01 am