in that guarded land the valar gathered great store of light and an the fairest things that were saved from the ruin ; and many others yet fairer they made anew , and valinor became more beautiful even than middle-earth in the spring of arda ; and it was blessed , for the deathless dwelt there , and there naught faded nor withered , neither was there any stain upon flower or leaf in that land , nor any corruption or sickness in anything that lived ; for the very stones and waters were hallowed .