birthdaytoast

‘If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world’

Happy birthday, dear Professor! Thank you for the wonderful world that you gave us.

To the man who created this wonderful world that is just a page-turn away. Here’s to the Professor!

Here is to the Professor, always and annually!

Here’s you you, professor — in a very real sense, I owe you my livelihood. Cheers!

Love of language unrelinquished; A career ever distinguished; Mind undimmed; Memory eternally hymned; You remain a light of the world never extinguished.

“There’s earth under his old feet, and clay on his fingers; wisdom in his bones, and both his eyes are open,” said Tom. TFOTR page 184 Thank you “Tollers” for opening our eyes and hearts to this world and the next, by imagining a more real world than we could have ever imagined! May eternal light shine upon you and God rest your soul this your birthday!

Cheers as we celebrate you even more today!

Cheers to all in middle earth