It is the vision of people looking up from the depths , de profundis , from the ' dark shadow of death ' and of despair , and seeing a new light : ' unlooked for , glittering and bright ; and the people of Middle - earth beheld it from afar and wondered , and they took it for a sign , and called it Gil - Estel , the Star of High Hope ' .
It is the vision of people looking up from the depths , de profundis , from the ' dark shadow of death ' and of despair , and understanding it in a new way: ' unlooked for , glittering and bright ; and the people of Middle - earth beheld it from afar and wondered , and they took it for a sign , and called it Gil - Estel , the Star of High Hope ' .