...hast brought him a pardon from good King John.' LXXXI THE FAIRIES Up the airy mountain, Old Ballad Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting For fear...Some make their home, Some in the reeds Of the black mountain lake, With frogs for their watch-dogs, All night awake. High on the hill-top The old king...

...thornies set In his bed at night. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We dare n't go a hunting ! WILLIAM ALLINGHAM. THE FAIRY CHILD. THE summer sun was sinking With a mild light, calm and mellow...

...thornies set In his bed at night. "Dp the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We dare n't go a-hnnting, For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping...together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather ! — Wittiam AUingham. CASTLES IX THE AIR. THE bonnie, bonnie bairn Who sits with careless grace,...

...they were known to frequent. " Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, \Ve daren't go a hunting, For fear of little men — Wee folk, good folk, Trooping...: Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather." Neither did any one deem it wise to thwart or provoke them, because, in some way or other, the little...

...bright eyes, were to look, that you would find him. You would have to give it up. THE FAIRIES. 1. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't...together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather ! 2. Down along the rocky shore Some make their home, They live on crispy pancakes Of yellow tide-foam...

...haunted by the elves. He would think, if he could not say, with Mr. Ailingham : — Up the heathery mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting,...together, Green Jacket, Red Cap, And White Owl's Feather. He had seen the court of Don Fierna, the King of the Munster Pixies, within the grass-grown interior...

...find the thomies set In his bed at Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a ImntFor fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping...together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather ! YVll.MAM Al.MNGIIAM. SUMMER DAYS. IN Summer, when the days were long, We walked together in the wood...

...Dalreen. —Allan Cuningkam. THE FAIRY FOLK. UP the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We dare n't go a-hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good...folk, Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, Down along the rocky shore Some, make their home, They live on crispy pancakes Of yellow tide-foam...

...man so daring As dig them up in spite, He shall find their sharpest thorns In his bed at night. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't...together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather ! Allingham. ABOU BEN ADEEM AND THE ANGEL. ABOU Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase) Awoke one night...

...shall find the thornies set In his bed at night. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We dare n't go a-hunting, For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good...together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather ! — William Allingkam. CASTLES IN THE AIR. THE bonnie, bonnie bairn Who sits with careless grace,...