Songs of Middle-earth

The Old Walking Song

"The Road goes ever on and on

Down from the door where it began.

Now far ahead the Road has gone,

And I must follow, if I can,

Pursuing it with eager* feet,

Until it joins some larger way,

Where many paths and errands meet,

And whither then? I cannot say."

(The Fellowship of the Ring, p.47)

* In FOTR, p. 97, Frodo exchanges 'eager feet' for 'weary feet'.