PagineThe author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings filled his books with songs and poems in English and in his invented languages.
We only host poems that are in the public domain, so this page has no poem texts.
J. R. R. Tolkien’s books are in copyright. Borrow them from a library or buy them from the publisher:
J. R. R. Tolkien’s poems are still protected by copyright, so we don’t reproduce them. This page links to legal places to read them: the poet’s publishers, your local library, the Poetry Foundation and the Academy of American Poets, which share many poems with permission.
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962).