and the chief of the guard made answer : `` 't is said and 't is sung : 'gondobar am i called and gondothlimbar , city of stone and city of the dwellers in stone ; gondolin the stone of song and gwarestrin am i named , the tower of guard , gar thurion or the secret place , for i am hidden from the eyes of melko ; but they who love me most greatly call me loth , for like a flower am i , even lothengriol the flower that blooms on the plain . '