The Tolkien Translation Game!
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"We might now only hope to return from the victory here to ruin and ash. But that has been averted ... ."
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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It is, and I have no idea 
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But there may be light beyond the darkness. If so, I would like to make you happy to see it.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is the light in question that of Valinor?
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Nope!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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That would the other obvious guess, but also not right (though pretty amazing how close to what he says in the films in Mordor, and thinks in the book).
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Nope. Third Age.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Spoken by a Hobbit (other than Sam)?
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Nope!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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By a human?
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Yup!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Aragorn?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Yup! (Contrary to what I said earlier it is said to another human.)
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Looks like something Aragorn would say to Éowyn
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No, earlier.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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In The Two Towers?
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Considerably earlier in time than the events recorded in The Two Towers, but it is in The Return of the King (but not in Book 5 or in Book 6).
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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That narrows it down considerably. 
Is it Aragorn to Gilraen:
"Yet there may be a light beyond the darkness; and if so, I would have you see it and be glad."
Is it Aragorn to Gilraen:"Yet there may be a light beyond the darkness; and if so, I would have you see it and be glad."