{"id":2793,"date":"2008-12-13T00:43:57","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T22:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juno-magic.fancrone.net\/blog\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2016-01-09T13:39:06","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T12:39:06","slug":"banshee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/juno-magic.fancrone.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/13\/banshee","title":{"rendered":"Banshee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Banshee\" src=\"http:\/\/juno-magic.fancrone.net\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=16454&amp;g2_serialNumber=1\" alt=\"A banshee stands wailing in a loch before a setting sun\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><br \/>\n <small>by JunoMagic<br \/>\n Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives-ShareAlike license<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> Normal   0   21         false   false   false                             MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--  --><!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><!   \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Normale Tabelle\"; 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or bring you harm &#8211; <em>feeble, and oh, helpless<\/em> &#8211; cannot spirit you away &#8211; <em>all choices gone,<\/em> <em>hopeless <\/em>&#8211; or hold you under my sway &#8211; <em>lost, lonely, alone<\/em> &#8211; no silver steed to ride &#8211; <em>no solution, no escape found<\/em> &#8211; no thirty silver pennies to hide<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But &#8211; <em>wailing<\/em> &#8211; when your voice breaks &#8211; <em>weeping<\/em> &#8211; when your heart aches &#8211; <em>keening<\/em> &#8211; when your tears run dry &#8211; <em>screaming<\/em> &#8211; I give you my cry.<\/p>\n<p><em>Banshee.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Song of the day:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 430px; text-align: center;\">\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"426\" height=\"327\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"env=embed&amp;widget=19f4af0465ccc1f233ebf67d11f16b83&amp;playlist=578693d92c6165f2e548825ab10f0fca&amp;vuid=embed\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.mixwit.com\/flash\/widgets\/shell.swf\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"426\" height=\"327\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mixwit.com\/flash\/widgets\/shell.swf\" wmode=\"transparent\" flashvars=\"env=embed&amp;widget=19f4af0465ccc1f233ebf67d11f16b83&amp;playlist=578693d92c6165f2e548825ab10f0fca&amp;vuid=embed\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.mixwit.com\/m.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixwit.com\/?e\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"visibility: hidden; 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