Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter!…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor! ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.567, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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