Return Of Redtail Hawk

Kate Wolf: Pacheco / Redtail Hawk

And all the host
laughed and wept,
and in the midst of
their merriment and tears
the clear voice
of the minstrel
rose like silver and gold,
and all men were hushed.
And (s)he sang to them,
now in the Elven-tongue,
now in the speech of the West,
until their hearts,
wounded with sweet words,
overflowed, and their joy
was like swords,
and they passed in thought
out to regions
where pain and delight
flow together
and tears are
the very wine of blessedness.
--J.R.R. Tolkien