Alice Pleasance Liddell

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <p>A boat beneath a sunny sky,<br/> Lingering onward dreamily<br/> In an evening of July&mdash;<br/> Children three that nestle near,<br/> Eager eye and willing ear,<br/> Pleased a simple tale to hear&mdash;<br/> Long has paled that sunny sky:<br/> Echoes fade and memories die.<br/> Autumn frosts have slain July.<br/> Still she haunts me, phantomwise,<br/> Alice moving under skies<br/> Never seen by waking eyes.<br/> Children yet, the tale to hear,<br/> Eager eye and willing ear,<br/> Lovingly shall nestle near.<br/> In a Wonderland they lie,<br/> Dreaming as the days go by,<br/> Dreaming as the summers die:<br/> Ever drifting down the stream&mdash;<br/> Lingering in the golden gleam&mdash;<br/> Life, what is it but a dream?<br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />