301。Whysounds,etc。\"Ithasbeenalreadyobservedthatfairies,ifnotpositivelymalevolent,arecapricious,andeasilyoffended。Theyare,likeotherproprietorsofforests,peculiarlyjealousoftheirrightsofvertandvenison……ThisjealousywasalsoanattributeofthenorthernDuergar,ordwarfs;tomanyofwhosedistinctionsthefairiesseemsohavesucceeded,if,indeed,theyarenotthesameclassofbeings。InthehugemetricalrecordofGermanchivalryentitledtheHelden—Buch,SirHildebrand,andtheotherheroesofwhomittreats,areengagedinoneoftheirmostdesperateadventures,fromarashviolationoftherose—gardenofanElfinorDwarfKing。
\"ThereareyettracesofabeliefinthisworstandmostmaliciousorderoffairiesamongtheBorderwilds。Dr。LeydenhasintroducedsuchadwarfintohisballadentitledTheCoutofKeeldar,andhasnotforgothischaracteristicdetestationofthechase。
’ThethirdblastthatyoungKeeldarblew,Stillstoodthelimberfern,Andaweeman,ofswarthyhue,Upstartedbyacairn。
’HisrussetweedswerebrownasheathThatclothestheuplandfell,AndthehairofhisheadwasfrizzyredAsthepurpleheather—bell。
’Anurchin,cladinpricklesred,Clungcow’ringtohisarm;