The Fall of Gondolin and The Hope of Eärendil

Tolkien's first story of Middle Earth and what it teaches us about Christian Humanism

The heart of man is not compound of lies,

But draws some wisdom from the only Wise,

And still recalls him. Though now long estranged,

Man is not wholly lost nor wholly changed.

Dis-graced he may be, yet is not dethroned,

And keeps the rags of worship once he owned,

His world-dominion by creative act:

Not his to worship the great Artefact,

Man, sub-creator, the …