The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Nope, but it is something similar to that.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Not Maeglin. Otherwise yes.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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It's a bit of a stretch, but it could be this one:
(I spelled it "Areðel" earlier because I'm reading The War of the Jewels at the moment, and that's the way she's spelled there)
Turgon to Aredhel?I grudge you nothing that I have.
(I spelled it "Areðel" earlier because I'm reading The War of the Jewels at the moment, and that's the way she's spelled there)
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That's it!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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That was fun. I never would have gotten it without all the hints, though.
Here's the new one:
Here's the new one:
Oh! Even now you are hard to beat!
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Spoken to Voronwë the Faithful? 
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus
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"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Since no one else is asking any questions, said in the third age?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Spoken amongst the fellowship?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Well, the addressee was a member of the fellowship, but the speaker was not.
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Was it said by an Elf?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Spoken to a hobbit?
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Spoken by a man?
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is it Farmer Cotton: ‘Ah! This lot won’t stay to talk, they’ll kill, if they can.’
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."