'A hush fell upon all as out from the host stepped the Dunedain...and before them came walking the Lord Aragorn'

'The days that followed were golden, and Spring and Summer joined and made revel together in the fields of Gondor. And tidings now came by swift riders from Cair Andros of all that was done, and the City made ready for the coming of the King...

All things were now made ready in the City, and there was great concourse of people, for the tidings had gone out into all parts of Gondor...and all that could come to the City made haste to come. And the city was filled again with women and fair children that returned to their homes laden with flowers;

and from Dol Amroth came the harpers that harped most skilfully in all the land; and there were players upon viols and upon flutes and upon horns of silver, and clear-voiced singers from the vales of Lebennin...

...a single trumpet, and a dead silence followed...

Faramir met Aragorn in the midst of those assembled, and he knelt...

And he held out a white rod; but Aragorn took the rod and gave it back...

Then Faramir stood up and spoke in a clear voice: 'Men of Gondor, hear now the steward of this Realm! one has come to claim the kingship again at last.

Here is Aragorn son of Arathorn, chieftain of the Dunedain of Arnor...

...Captain of the host of the West, bearer of the Star of the North, wielder of the Sword Reforged, victorious in battle, whose hands bring healing, the Elfstone, Elessar of the line of Valandil, Isildur's son, Elendil's son of Numenor...

Shall he be king and enter into the City and dwell there?'

And all the host and all the people cried yea with one voice...

Then the guards stepped forward, and Faramir opened the casket, and he held up an ancient crown...

Then Aragorn took the crown and held it up...

'Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.'

Then to the wonder of many Aragorn did not put the crown upon his head, but gave it back to Faramir, and said: 'By the labour and valour of many I have come into my inheritance.

In token of this I would have the Ring-bearer bring the crown to me, and let Mithrandir [Gandalf] set it upon my head, if he will; for he has been the mover of all that has been accomplished, and this is his victory.'

Then Frodo came forward and took the crown from Faramir and bore it to Gandalf; and Aragorn knelt, and Gandalf set the White Crown upon his head, and said:

'Now come the days of the King, and may they be blessed while the thrones of the Valar endure!'

But when Aragorn arose all that beheld him gazed in silence, for it seemed to them that he was revealed to them now for the first time...

And then Faramir cried: 'Behold the King!'

And in that moment all the trumpets were blown...and amid the music of harp and of viol and of flute and the singing of clear voices the King passed through the flower-laden streets, and came to the Citadel, and entered in;

and the banner of the Tree and the Stars was unfurled upon the topmost tower, and the reign of King Elessar began, of which many songs have [fore]told...

In his time the City was made more fair than it had ever been, even in the days of its first glory;

...and all was healed and made good, and the houses were filled with men and women and the laughter of children...

...and after the ending of the Third Age of the world into the new age [of men] it preserved the memory and glory of the years that were gone...