Who said it? (in Contests)

This will basically work like hangman. Guess a letter, send 5k to The Istari Order. *Note: there is no punctuation included in the dots: no commas, periods or apostrophes.

Winner gets 100% of the plot!

This is the line of one of my favorite poems. Your job is to piece together the stanza, discover what poem it is from, read it, and determine the name of he who speaks these words:

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I apologize for the way that turned out. It didn't appear that way on my preview.

Here's the stanza:

** * ** * **** *** * ******* ****
*** *** **** ** *** ***** ****
*** * ***** ***** *** * ***********
*** *** **** ** *** ******** ***

Wow this is a new kind of self torture !I think I'll just beat myself with nettles thank you . Oh what the heck I'll start this "N" for nettles please.

Can you have vowels? if so "o" if not then "m"

Here's the stanza:

o* * ** * *oo* *** * ******n *o**
*** *** **** o* *** n*n** ****
*** * *o*** ***** *** * ***********
*** *** **** o* *** ******n* ***

Already guessed: N, O

Well on with the theme "E" !

Here's the stanza:

o* * ** * *oo* *** * ******n *o**
*** **e ***e o* **e n*n** ****
*** * *o*** ***** *** * **********e
*** **e **e* o* **e ******n* ***

Already guessed: N, O, E

Pot: 15,000

Lets see an S or 2 or 5 :)

Here's the stanza:

o* * ** * *oo* *** * ******n *o**
*** **e ***e o* **e n*n** ****
*** * *os** ***** *** * ***s******e
*** **e **e* o* **e ******ns ***

Already guessed: N, O, E, S

Pot: 20,000

"T" please

Here's the stanza: o* * ** * *oo* *** * ******n *o** *** t*e ***e o* t*e n*n** **** *** * *os** t***t *** * ***s*****te *** **e t*e* o* t*e ***t**ns *** Already guessed: N, O, E, S, T Pot: 20,000

Sorry about that, forgot I HTML was on. =)

Here's the stanza:

o* * ** * *oo* *** * ***t**n *o**
*** t*e **te o* t*e n*n** ****
*** * *os** t***t *** * ***s*****te
*** t*e **e* o* t*e ***t**ns ***

Already guessed: N, O, E, S, T

Pot: 20,000

5K sent.

The letter "L", please!

Won't need that "L" after all:

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Stanza three from "The Yarn of the 'Nancy Bell'" by W. S Gilbert:

"Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
And the mate of the NANCY brig,
And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the captain's gig."
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There aren't a lot of words (at least many that make sense) of the form n*n**. I knew the words before were "of the" (or could at least guess). So I searched Google for "of the nancy", and lo, an answer was had.

Mind you, I searched for a LOT of other things first. The double-o in the first line was tempting: poor, look, pool... "Nancy" got me a lot further.

Great contest!

*smile*

Hey, great job sutekh! And great thanks to the rest of you for playing!

I hope I can try it again sometime, maybe start the pot off a little larger. =)

Great contest! I appreciate it!