{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/celt/flat/flat00.htm","path":"neu/celt/flat/flat00.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/flat/flat00.htm","text":"TO THE\nDOWAGER LADY CHATTERTON,\nCASTLE MAHON.\n THEE, Lady, would I lead through Fairy-land\n \n (Whence cold and doubting reasoners are exiled),\n \n A land of dreams, with air-built castles piled;\n \n The moonlight SHEFROS there, in merry band\n \n With arful CLURICAUNE, should ready stand\n \n To welcome thee - Imagination's child!\n \n Till on thy ear would burst so sadly wild\n \n The BANSHEE'S shriek, who points with wither'd hand\n \n In the dim twilight should the PHOOKA come,\n \n Whose dusky form fades in the sunny light,\n \n That opens clear calm LAKES upon thy sight,\n \n Where blessed spirts dwell in endless bloom.\n \n I know thee, Lady - thou wilt not deride\n \n Such Fairy Scenes. - Then onward with thy Guide.\nT. Crofton Croker","title":"Fairy Legends and Traditions: Dedication to Dowager Lady Chatterton","type":"page"}