and now sorrow and ... .. has come upon the elves , empty is tavrobel and all are fled , [ ? fearing ] the enemy that sitteth on the ruined heath , who is not a league away ; whose hands are red with the blood of elves and stained with the lives of his own kin , who has made himself an ally to melko and the lord of hate , who has fought for the orcs and gongs and the unwholesome monsters of the world -- blind , and a fool , and destruction alone is his knowledge .