In that context, do you think we'll get the "wind was on the withered heath" song from the dwarves, while in Beorn's house? I really hope so, as the absolute best and most evocative moment in AUJ was of the dwarves singing the Misty Mountains song together, sharing their loss, pain and yearning. And here, as they sit on the edge of the real wild, prepared to plunge into the next stage of the quest, it could prove equally haunting and effective. Here's the text of the song from the book:
Thoughts? Any hints that this will, or will not, happen?The wind was on the withered heath,
But in the forest stirred no leaf:
There shadows lay be night or day,
And dark things silent crept beneath.
The wind came down from mountains cold,
And like a tide it roared and rolled.
The branches groaned, the forest moaned,
And leaves were laid upon the mould.
The wind went on from West to East;
All movement in the forest ceased.
But shrill and harsh across the marsh,
Its whistling voices were released.
The grasses hissed, their tassels bent,
The reeds were rattling--on it went.
O'er shaken pool under heavens cool,
Where racing clouds were torn and rent.
It passed the Lonely Mountain bare,
And swept above the dragon's lair:
There black and dark lay boulders stark,
And flying smoke was in the air.
It left the world and took its flight
Over the wide seas of the night.
The moon set sail upon the gale,
And stars were fanned to leaping light.
