Alas! it was no sea, but a low bog burnished by the moon.

"Surely there is such a sea somewhere!" said I to myself.

A low sweet voice beside me replied-- "In Fairy Land, Anodos." I turned, but saw no one.

I closed the secretary, and went to my own room, and to bed.
All this I recalled as I lay with half-closed eyes.

I was soon to find the truth of the lady's promise, that this day I should discover the road into Fairy Land..