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A few melancholy birds were pipping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty silence fell

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.137, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
A few melancholy birds were pipping and wailing, until the round red sun sank slowly into the western shadows; then an empty silence fell