The lays of Beleriand / Tolkien, J. R. R

A recently discovered prelude to the Lord of the Rings saga.

The main selections in this third volume of Tolkien's previously unpublished writings are "The Lay of the Children of Hurin," written in the alliterative style of Anglo-Saxon verse, and "The Lay of Leithian," written in iambic pentameter couplets.