Alas!’ said Eomer. ‘I will not say that she is the fairest lady that lives.’

‘Then I must go for my axe,’ said Gimli.

‘But first I will plead this excuse,’ said Eomer. ‘Had I seen her in
other company, I would have said all that you could wish. But now I will put
Queen Arwen Evenstar first, and I am ready to do battle on my own part with
any who deny me. Shall I call for my sword?’

Then Gimli bowed low. ‘Nay, you are excused for my part, lord,’ he
said. ‘You have chosen the Evening; but my love is given to the Morning. And
my heart forebodes that soon it will past away for ever.’

I always loved this parallel.