. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . ts mine, up, and arm ye 1 With all good thoughts and honest spells, interposed Nightstar. With weapons of all kinds, interrupted Honeybell; a victoryprepared for, is half gained before a battle is fought. Follow in the best order you can, only follow ! exclaimed Night-star ; and as she spoke she rose into the air, glittering like a than thought could travel through mortal brain did the benevolentFairv speed to avert mischief: and, alighting on a dove, that surmounteda half-ruined pavilion, which terminated the south end
. Midsummer Eve : a fairy tale of loving and being loved . ts mine, up, and arm ye 1 With all good thoughts and honest spells, interposed Nightstar. With weapons of all kinds, interrupted Honeybell; a victoryprepared for, is half gained before a battle is fought. Follow in the best order you can, only follow ! exclaimed Night-star ; and as she spoke she rose into the air, glittering like a than thought could travel through mortal brain did the benevolentFairv speed to avert mischief: and, alighting on a dove, that surmounteda half-ruined pavilion, which terminated the south end of the terrace atArd-Flesk, she paused to arrange her plans. It was not without dismayshe beheld troops of dark spirits congregated below, crowding, and crush-ing, and exulting: her arrival had not been noted by the ill-favouredcrew, and upon looking back, she beheld with pleasure the most gallant A FAIRY TALE OF LOVE. 107 Knight of rAiuY-LAND, followed, high in the air, hy the glitteringbanners and troops of the united kingdoms. Loud words came from out. the pavilion ; words loud and harsh from those whose union had been thatof closest brotherhood. Tell me not, said Cormac, that you have acted in all fairness!Who poisoned my mothers mind against her only son ?—Who told herof my stolen visits to the Dovecote?—Who sent her there to hear that,tutored by you, Sidney, she I loved had learned to spurn me? Will you hear me ? inquired Sidney, and the sweet music of hisvoice was tuned by truth to perfect harmony, while Cormacs passionchoked his utterance ; you must have seen how coldly your mother,of late, has looked upon me : your name has never even been mentionedby me to her. Hints can be given without the mention of names, said Cormac. Not by honest minds, replied Sidney. 108 MIDSUMMER EVE Honest! sneered Cormac—how tlie fiends exulted at the sneer —and how they deepened its effect! Heed it not! whispered Nightstar to Sidney—high souls carenot for taunts unmerited. Arc yo
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