The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

Eärendil was a mariner that tarried in Arvernien; he built a boat of timber felled in Nimbrethil to journey in; her sails he wove of silver fair, of silver were her lanterns made, her prow he fashioned like a swan, and light upon her banners laid.