He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about t…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.42, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.42, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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