Tolkien a écrit :And so indeed it has since befallen: the One and the Seven and the Nine are destroyed; and the Three have passed away, and with them the Third Age is ended, and the Tales of the Eldar in Middle-earth draw to then-close. Those were the Fading Years, and in them the last flowering of the Elves east of the Sea came to its winter. In that time the Noldor walked still in the Hither Lands, mightiest and fairest of the children of the world, and their tongues were still heard by mortal ears.

Citation :Les Noldor parcouraient encore les Terres intérieures,les plus puissants et les plus beaux des enfants du monde, les oreilles mortelles entendaient encore leur langage.

Le Silmarillion, les Anneaux de Pouvoir et le Troisième Age, p.390 Ed. Pocket

Tolkien a écrit :White was that ship and long was it a-building, and long it awaited the end of which Círdan had spoken. But when all these things were done, and the Heir of Isildur had taken up the lordship of Men, and the dominion of the West had passed to him, then it was made plain that the power of the Three Rings also was ended, and to the Firstborn the world grew old and grey. In that time the last of the Noldor set sail from the Havens and left Middle-earth for ever.

Citation :Alors le dernier Noldor partit des ports et quitta pour toujours les Terres du Milieu [sic].

Le Silmarillion, les Anneaux de Pouvoir et le Troisième Age, p.398 Ed. Pocket