Toasting the Professor on His Birthday: January 3rd

Riv Res · Post by **Riv Res** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:27 am

Ode To The Professor

Green Hill Country © Ted Naismith

A fateful early winter morn
Literary brilliance born
Company to that human birth
Begot the spawning of Middle-earth

Drink to Elves and Dwarves and Men
Toast the place Lothlorien
Remember Morgoth, Sauron, and Melkor
Celebrate the united Gondor and Arnor

All the while remembering
Mighty Elessar the King
And the little folk we so admire
Who work and play and tend The Shire

But before this special day can pass
We call you all to lift you glass
And toast most vigorously once again
The beloved man named Tolkien

Happy Birthday Professor!

We invite all you to post your Ode to the Professor on his 114th birthday.

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:49 am

To our most beloved literary treasure
For nearly a lifetime of reading pleasure:

To the Professor!

ElessarsLady · Post by **ElessarsLady** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:53 pm

Aur Onnad Meren! Professor Tolkien...

hope · Post by **hope** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:14 pm

Tolkien:

He gave us the"fellowship"
He showed such love, in developing languages,
people, middle earth and above.

So we read and read
And constantly learn anew
His masterpieces are indeed a pleasure, a fantasy
but real for me and you.

Iolanthe · Post by **Iolanthe** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:08 pm

I'm very behind with this, but I hope it's not to late to celebrate a Very Important Birthday. This isn't exactly an Ode, but it is

To The Professor

When elanor is flowering
And the elves are singing
Our lives feel younger,
Our happiness, greater.

When the White City gleams
And its banners are flying
Our lives are braver,
Our hopes grow stronger.

When Riders run fast
On the plains of Rohan
Our minds are freer,
Our spirits, higher.

When the Party Tree beckons
And Hobbits are dancing
Our joy is the brighter,
Our laughter, merrier.

When our Fellowship journeys
Through your world together,
Our friendships are deeper,
Our travels much lighter.

In our souls we all live
In the hearts of your heroes,
Though our world is duller
And its days so much darker.

Thank you, Professor!

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:00 am

It is not long anymore before we will toast one more time... but today is a nice autumn day so today I also toast to him. The Professor!!!

Merry · Post by **Merry** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:32 pm

Ha! Yes, Beren, I suppose we should toast the Professor whenever the spirit (or spirits!) move us! So I raise my morning cup of tea to you, Dear Author!

Airwin · Post by **Airwin** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:00 pm

The Tolkien Society has their 2007 Birthday Toast pages up here.

Proost!

Iolanthe · Post by **Iolanthe** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:53 am

I'm always happy to toast the Professor early. Cheers! And maybe I'll make a little party of it on the 3rd

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Philipa · Post by **Philipa** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:39 am

I realize his birthday is not until the 3rd but I may forget to raise a cup of hot chocolate...'to the professor!"

Lindariel · Post by **Lindariel** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:52 pm

On January 3, 2007, we raise our glasses to Professor Tolkien -- Thank you and bless you, Sir, for your gifts of genius and imagination. You have immeasurably enriched our lives.

Beren · Post by **Beren** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:53 pm

To the professor!!

(then drinks his whiskey and smokes another pipe... while reading the best book ever written...)

Cheyenne Angel · Post by **Cheyenne Angel** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:07 pm

To the professor!!

marbretherese · Post by **marbretherese** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:24 pm

To the Professor!

(toasting him in elderflower. But not smoking a pipe

)

elizabeth · Post by **elizabeth** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:16 am

Toasting him with tea.