That a voiceless creature spoke charmed
Words, chanted praise, prayer-song
Wise and wonderful it seemed to me
* * *
It speaks without mouth, moves without feet
* * *
Saying, "I am now teacher of men,
Preacher to many on middle-earth--
I will live as long as men walk the land."
Wound with silver and plated gold,
I have seen it open where men sit
Drinking together. Now a wise man
Should know what this creature is called.