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LAYS OF MANY LANDS.






THE WILD HUNTSMAN.



It is a popular belief in the Odenwald, that the passing of the Wild Huntsman announces the approach of war. He is supposed to issue with his train from the ruined castle of Rodenstein, and traverse the air to the opposite castle of Schnellerts. It is confidently asserted that the sound of his phantom horses and hounds was heard by the Duke of Baden before the commencement of the last war in Germany.



Thy rest was deep at the slumberer's hour
    If thou didst not hear the blast
Of the savage horn, from the mountain-tower,
    As the Wild Night-Huntsman pass'd.
And the roar of the stormy chase went by,
    Through the dark unquiet sky!

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