From a forest now under shadow,
that once was fair and good,
steps Legolas Greenleaf,
Prince of a land now called Mirkwood ,
Known throughout his kingdom,
as King Thranduil�s son,
He leaves behind his title,
for the journey he�s just begun,
Sent by his father as a messenger,
to the stately Imladris�Rivendell,
one of the last Elven bastions,
and home of Elrond Peredhel,
After his part in the Council of the Ring,
he joins The Walkers of the Company,
Only nine on a mission to destroy the One,
and set Middle-Earth free from a Dark tyranny,
The Prince, not boasting his lineage,
proves himself with his keen eyes,
sharp ears and precise aim over distance,
when crebain or orcs or Nazgul he spies,
Once introduced to Lady Galadriel,
in the golden haven of Lothlorien,
he keeps his royal birth silent,
he is introduced merely as Northern kin,
But he is granted a great longbow,
a gift from that ethereal Lady of Light,
with which he slays scores of orcs,
and shoots down a Nazgul in the night,
With great skill and endurance,
he hunts down his orc-stolen friends
running many long leagues without rest,
until, in good fortune, his tracking ends,
He goes to the Halls of two Kings,
yet still he keeps silent of his noble birth,
Through his deeds, valor, and might,
he chooses to show his true worth,
At Helm�s Deep and Minas Tirith he fights,
and his score of kills is just a game,
between he and his best friend who both know,
that the truth lies behind rank and name,
He meets a Prince who has some Elven blood,
yet still presents himself only as Legolas,
in a world where ancestors and name define one,
he discreetly lets the honors due him pass,
He rides off to the hopeless Final Battle,
for his cause he is bravely ready to die,
But the Ring is destroyed and so the Enemy too,
Eagles rescue all the heroes from the ruin of the Eye,
An age ends and the Fellowship receives honors,
The Bearers are most lauded for the end of the Ring,
All is well in the lands of Gondor and Arnor,
as Aragorn is wed and crowned their king,
Legolas returns to his newly freed home�
once again called Greenwood the Great,
rejoicing not in his title or remarkable deeds,
rather that he helped change his homeland�s fate.