it had been almost thirty years since he had read tolkien 's story of frodo and gandalf and sauron , the dark lord-a story which contained a token very similar to this one , now that he thought about it-but the lines were momentarily as clear as the scissors-blades had been only moments before : one ring to rule them all , one ring to find them , one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them , in the land of mordor where the shadows lie .