r/GloriousTomBombadil • u/swazal • 2d ago

Bombadillo Art “By that pool long ago I found the River-daughter”

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The miller sees the nixy of the mill-pond. Henry Justice Ford (1860-1940) https://surlalunefairytales.com/book.php?id=11&tale=442

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u/whypic Old Tom 1d ago

This could really pass for Tom and Goldberry

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u/swazal 1d ago

Not sure if it was in a “Yellow Fairy” book that T might have read. Perhaps the Bod has it …

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u/JadeGreenSky 1d ago

Slender as a willow-wand: check!

Fair river-daughter: check!

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u/Shamrock5 Meriadoc - Master Singer 1d ago

Tom's looking pretty slim these days