Sometimes the mound contains a splendid palace, adorned with gold and silver and precious stones, like the palace of the King of Elfland in the tale of "Childe Rowland."
"A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients"
Edward Tyson
"Retrenchment rules in Elfland, now; Yes, every luxury is cut off, -Which, by the way, reminds me how I caught this dreadful hacking cough: "I cut off the tail of my Ulster furred To make young Kris a coat of state That very night the storm occurred!
"In The Yule-Log Glow, Vol. IV (of IV)"
Harrison S. Morris
How the Cumberland names ring on the ear, like the "horns of Elfland"!
"Set in Silver"
Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson