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J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Root of the Boot"

J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Root of the Boot"

Update: 2025-10-17
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Today’s poem traveled across many years and iterations to finally end up on the tongue of Samwise Gamgee in The Fellowship of the Ring. Happy reading!

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J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Root of the Boot"

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