Epilogue: The Piper by the Sea

It is told that, when Frodo the halfling passed beyond the circles of the world, the flute of sea-coral that he carried with him was laid with gentle reverence upon the lap of the deep by Celebrían wife of Elrond. And still at times, if some lonely wanderer chanced to walk alone upon the eastern strand, he might hear as it were the echo of a fair music, and so find release for his griefs and leave with a light heart.