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83 - J.R.R Tolkien

Do Go On

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The Lonely Isle

Tolkien's poem The Lonely Isle was inspired by his feelings during the sea crossing. To evade the British army's postal censorship he developed a code of dots by which Edith could track his movements. He would like send her letters with like this code in there so she would know where he was. This is more of an homage. I love you or town and the music of your town. A new wave of British heavy metal. And it affected me deeply.

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