A Sense of History: Straight Road
The next in a series of articles about ships passing to and from the West, Simon uses "The Fall of Númenor" to attempt to arrive at Tolkien's reading of the exordium to "Beowulf."
Who wove a shadow cloak so potent no other bolt of cloth woven by hand could match it? Luthien!
Who raised her voice in song, breaking the bolt of every prison door when werewolves fallen lay at her feet? Luthien!
Who was the target of the ill-famed bolt from Curufin’s bow and lived despite his wrath? Luthien!
Whose bride-price did the hound of hell bolt down and carry raging in his belly to Doriath, bolting in madness from Angband’s gates? Luthien!
Like a bolt out of the blue, Luthien, the woman no one had expected, left all thunder-bolt-struck! Ah, Luthien!
Yes, the title words of the chapter title contain an acronym.