The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun Ellie Palmer And they're so simple

And they're so simple

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The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun Ellie Palmer And they're so simpleBy: J. R. R. Tolkien Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 2018 In Britain's land beyond the seas The wind blows ever through the trees; in Britain's land beyond the waves are stony shores and stony caves. So begins The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, an early but seminal work that grew, along with the two "Corrigan" poems presented alongside it in this volume, from a comparatively short but intense period in Tolkien's life when he was deeply engaged with