Misty Mountains Quotes

• Over hill and under hill

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hills, Middle Earth, Great Hobbit

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.35, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Far over misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away, ere break of day, To find our long-forgotten gold.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dwarves, Long, Gold

  J. R. R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit: Illustrated by Alan Lee”, p.36, HarperCollins UK

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• Let the moon shine on the in thy solitary walk; and let the misty mountain-winds be free to blow against thee.

  William Wordsworth

  Nature, Blow, Moon

  William Wordsworth (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Wordsworth”, p.194

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• Far over the Misty Mountains cold, To dungeons deep and caverns old, We must away, ere break of day, To seek our pale enchanted gold. The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells, In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath the fells. The pines were roaring on the heights, The wind was moaning in the night, The fire was red, it flaming spread, The trees like torches blazed with light.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Sleep, Dark, Night

  J. R. R. Tolkien, “Over The Misty Mountains Cold”

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• Look, what envious streaks do lace the severing clouds in yonder east! Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tip-toe on the misty mountain-tops.

  William Shakespeare

  Night, Clouds, Mountain

  William Shakespeare (2000). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.92, Wordsworth Editions

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• I was in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school, and my highlight was playing "Misty Mountain Hop" at a coffee house in Wayne, Pennsylvania. I wasn't allowed to play any instruments; I could only be the singer because I was a girl.

  Victoria Legrand

  Girl, Coffee, School

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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