The lore of Living Creatures by the Ents  (taken from "Treebeard")

Learn now the lore of Living Creatures!
First name the four, the free peoples:
Eldest of all, the elf-children;
Dwarf the delver, dark are his houses;
Ent the earthborn, old as mountains;
Man the mortal, master of horses; 

Beaver the builder, buck the leaper,
Bear bee-hunter, boar the figher;
Hound is hungry, hare is fearful... 

Eagle in eyrie, ox in pasture,
Hart horn-crowned; hawk is swiftest,
Swan the whitest, serpent coldest... 

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