Princess Mee
1915 poem by J.R.R. Tolkien
Princess Mee is a nonsense Hobbit poem that was among those written in the margins of the Red Book of Westmarch.
First stanza
Little Princess Mee
Lovely was she
As in elven-song is told:
She had pearls in hair
All threaded fair;
Of gossamer shot with gold
Was her kerchief made,
And a silver braid
Of stars above her throat.
Of moth-web light
All moonlit-white
She wore a woven coat,
And round her kirtle
Was bound a girdle
Sewn with diamond dew.
Background
The first draft of the poem was dated 9 July 1915 and entitled Mægden Ní Owéne Dohtor and Princess Nî. A revised version entitled The Princess Ní was published in 1924 within Leeds University Verse 1914-24 (p. 58). The name probably refers to the Celtic feminine patronymic ní.
The poem was one of those Tolkien rediscovered, refurbished and revised around 1961 while preparing The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, where it was published as Princess Mee.
The poem derives from The Princess Ní, a poem Tolkien wrote in his youth, and one of those he refurbished and revised while preparing The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
Referencias
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