Learn now the Lore of Living Creatures! 
First name the four, the free peoples: 
Eldest of all, the elf-children; 
Dwarf the delver, dark are his houses; 
Ent the earthborn, old as mountains; 
Man the mortal, master of horses: 
Beaver the builder, buck the leaper, 
Bear bee-hunter, boar the fighter; 
Hound is hungry, hare is fearful, 
Eagle in eyrie, ox in pasture, 
Hart horn-crownéd; hawk is swiftest, 
Swan the whitest, serpent coldest...