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THIRD STAGE.

Brownie band stopped for a while

To ramble through the Emerald Isle.
Said one: “This land from shore to shore
Is noted for its fairy lore.
There ’s not a child, or type of age
Howe’er unlearned in lettered page,
But can relate some legend queer
-About the fairies’ doings here.

Old women, with a shaking head,

Can mumble stories dark and dread

Of midnight cries by window-sill

Or chimney-top that boded ill;

Or in a lighter mood can tell

How fairies wish young couples well,

And mounted on a nodding weed,

That serves them nicely for a steed,

They ride before to clear the way

Of dangers on their wedding day.
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