J.R.R. Tolkien

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Portrait: Unknown photo studio commissioned by Tolkien's students 1925/6 (private communication from Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien Archivist, Bodleian Library) · Public domain

A sealed clay storage jar with one gold coin at its base and a white feather above it on a deep teal surface. — Original artwork

All that is gold does not glitter,

J.R.R. Tolkien

A round green door with a brass knob set in a grassy hill, a hobbit in a waistcoat at the door and a tall wizard in a pointed blue hat at the gate. — Original artwork

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

J.R.R. Tolkien

In a candlelit hobbit study, an old wizard with a long white beard holds up a small gold ring to the lamp as a young hobbit leans in to look. — Original artwork

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them.

J.R.R. Tolkien

A great red-gold dragon breathes fire over a wooden lake town on stilts at night as an archer stands on the jetty below. — Original artwork

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

J.R.R. Tolkien