<P> The later poem "Bombadil Goes Boating" anchors Bombadil in Middle - earth, featuring a journey down the Withywindle to the Brandywine river, where hobbits ("Little Folk I know there") live at Hays - End . Bombadil is challenged by various river - residents on his journey, including birds, otters and hobbits, but charms them all with his voice, ending his journey at the farm of Farmer Maggot, where he drinks ale and dances with the family . At the end of the poem, the charmed birds and otters work together to bring Bombadil's boat home . The poem includes a reference to the Norse lay of Ótr, when Bombadil threatens to give the hide of a disrespectful otter to the Barrow - wights, who he says will cover it with gold apart from a single whisker . The poem mentions a number of Middle - earth locations, including Hays - End, Bree and the Tower Hills, and hints at the events of the end of the Third Age, speaking of "Tall Watchers by the Ford, Shadows on the Marches". </P> <P> The poems were published in the collections The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and later in Tales from the Perilous Realm . </P> <P> In The Lord of the Rings, Tom Bombadil is a mysterious character who aids Frodo and his companions on their journey . He and his wife Goldberry, the "Daughter of the River", still live in their house on the Withywindle, and some of the characters and situations from the original poem appear in The Lord of the Rings . In the book, he is described as "Master of wood, water and hill", and nearly always speaks or sings in stress - timed metre: 7 - beat lines broken into groups of 4 and 3 (old English metre as first noted in Caedmons Hymn in the story of Bede, discovered in the 19th century). He appears in three chapters, "The Old Forest", "In the House of Tom Bombadil" and "Fog on the Barrow - downs". He is mentioned in the chapter "The Council of Elrond" as a possible keeper and protector of the One Ring, as well as at the end of the story in "Homeward Bound" and "The Grey Havens". Behind Bombadil's simple façade are hints of great knowledge and power, though limited to his own domain . However, there is a certain amount of evidence that he may be the oldest being in Middle - earth; he tells Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin that he was there when the Elves first came West, Elrond states that Bombadil was considered old during the Elder Days (even by high Elf lords), and Bombadil names himself "Eldest". </P> <P> Tom first appears when Merry and Pippin are trapped by Old Man Willow, and Frodo and Sam cry for help . Tom commands Old Man Willow to release them, singing him to sleep, and shelters the hobbits in his house for two nights . Here it is seen that the One Ring has no power over Bombadil; he can see Frodo when the Ring makes him invisible to others, and can wear it himself with no effect . He even tosses the Ring in the air and makes it disappear, but then produces it from his other hand and returns it to Frodo . While this seems to demonstrate that he has unique and mysterious power over the Ring, the idea of giving him the Ring for safekeeping is rejected in Book Two's second chapter, "The Council of Elrond". Gandalf says, rather, that "the Ring has no power over him ..." and believes that Tom would not find the Ring to be very important and so might simply misplace it . </P>

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