Quote From the Movie:
Frodo: Come on, Sam. Remember what Bilbo used to say: "It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."
Following are the versions of "The Road Goes Ever On" in The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit:
The Hobbit
The original version of the song is recited by Bilbo in the last chapter of The Hobbit, at the end of his journey back to The Shire. Coming to the top of a rise he sees his home in the distance, and stops and says the following:
Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains of the moon.
Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.
There are three versions of this walking song in The Lord of the Rings.
The first version is sung by Bilbo when he leaves The Shire. He has given up The One Ring, leaving it for Frodo to deal with, and is setting off on adventures with dwarves once again.
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
The second version is spoken aloud, slowly, by Frodo, as he and his companions leave The Shire on their own adventure. The hobbits have paused at the borders of The Shire and are looking beyond to lands that some of them have never seen before.
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
The third version is spoken by Bilbo in Rivendell after the hobbits have returned from their journey. Bilbo is now an old, sleepy hobbit, who murmurs the verse and then falls asleep.
The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.
Earlier, when leaving The Shire, Frodo tells the other hobbits Bilbo's thoughts on 'The Road': "He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and every path was its tributary. 'It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door,' he used to say. 'You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.'".
2006-12-04 05:05:22
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answered by lucy_diamond66 4
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the ring that Bilbo famous has each and everything to do with the Lord of the earrings. That ring is the finished reason Frodo gadgets out to smash the ring. in case you study The Hobbit, you should study the Lord of the earrings.
2016-11-30 03:15:02
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answered by lesure 4
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That is a poem in the first volume of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
This is an excellent trilogy and to get the impact of this and other poems and songs present in this trilogy you really should read them yourself.
Again though it is in The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 1 of the Lord of the Rings saga.
2006-12-04 04:36:24
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answered by latterlycool 3
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"It's dangerous business Frodo, stepping out of your door, because If you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to. "
Is that the quote you're looking for?
Yay, I love LOTR. ^_^
2006-12-04 04:58:04
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answered by piratewench 5
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