(©Shirley Starke 1991)</p>

Tell me, O Wanderer, I have been wondering,<br>
What could it be makes your dusty robe glow?<br>
Could it be starlight from where you've been wandering,<br>
Woven by your friends in the lands where you go?</p>

Brighter than sunlight you shine in the moonlight,<br>
Light as the wind o'er the grasses you go.<br>
Light of the morn in the shades of the evening,<br>
Where do you come from and where do you go?</p>

<b><u>Comments</b></u><br>
Artist Comment: "<i>Song for the White Rider</i> was written in 1968, after I'd read <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> for the first time. The style is merely my own; I did not attempt to imitate the inimitable. It is neither more nor less than a first reaction, sometimes accurately reflecting what I read, sometimes not, but expressing my wonder at the beginnings of an understanding that would grow for a lifetime."</p>