Illustrated Lord of the Rings
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky¸ Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die¸ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all¸ One Ring to find them¸ One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.' On his eleventy-first birthday¸ Bilbo disappeared¸ bequeathing to his young cousin¸ Frodo¸ the Ruling Ring¸ and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth¸ deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom