An Unexpected Refuge

Alone and lost, for Gwindor was gone,
Cordil crept down through Dorthonion,
crawled clear through Thargelion
famished and faint
-- stumbled and fell --
-- his powers spent. --

Naugrim came next, bearing to Belegost
Merchandise from Menegroth. Aiding the elf,
As burden they bore him across Ered-luin.
Long there he lived
-- craftsmanship teaching -
-- to repay their gift. --

Heartsick with horror, gaunt and grim,
Riders rode in with word from the west.
Nargothrond no more, Doriath destroyed,
Gondolin lost:
-- homesick himself, --
-- Cordil rode east. --