Through the looking glass : and what Alice saw there . -:?:?/??? , .:? •?•;•. !:??????. 111 i ?...??;? LEWIS CARROLL PUBLISHING COMPANY PUBLISHERS m Copyright, 1902, HOMEWOOD PUBLISHING COMPANY Child of the pure unclouded browAnd dreaming eyes of wonder! Though time be fleet, and I and thouAre half a mile asunder, Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy-tale. I have not seen thy sunny face,Nor heard thy silver laughter: No thought of me shall find a placeIn thy young lifes hereafter— Enough that now thou wilt not fail To listen to my fairy-tale. A tale begun in other days
Through the looking glass : and what Alice saw there . -:?:?/??? , .:? •?•;•. !:??????. 111 i ?...??;? LEWIS CARROLL PUBLISHING COMPANY PUBLISHERS m Copyright, 1902, HOMEWOOD PUBLISHING COMPANY Child of the pure unclouded browAnd dreaming eyes of wonder! Though time be fleet, and I and thouAre half a mile asunder, Thy loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy-tale. I have not seen thy sunny face,Nor heard thy silver laughter: No thought of me shall find a placeIn thy young lifes hereafter— Enough that now thou wilt not fail To listen to my fairy-tale. A tale begun in other days, When summer suns were glowing—A simple chime, that served to time The rhythm of our rowing—Whose echoes live in memory yet,Though envious years would say Come, hearken then, ere voice of dread, With bitter tidings laden,Shall summon to unwelcome bed A melancholy maiden!We are but older children, dear,Who fret to find our bedtime near. Without, the frost, the blinding snow,The storm-winds moody madness— Within, the firelights ruddy glow,And childhoods nest of gladness. The magic wor
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