in his time the city was made more fair than it had ever been , even in the days of its first glory ; and it was filled with trees and with fountains , and its gates were wrought of mithril and steel , and its streets were paved with white marble ; and the folk of the mountain laboured in it , and the folk of the wood rejoiced to come there ; and all was healed and made good , and the houses were filled with men and women and the laughter of children , and no window was blind nor any courtyard empty ; and after the ending of the third age of the world into the new age it preserved the memory and the glory of the years that were gone .