The real "Alice"

This again is not one of my poems but it belongs to Lewis Carroll. The child in the photo is Alice Pleasance Liddell who was the insparation of the book 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. This poem if you can see by the out line spells her name.





A boat beneth a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of july.
Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear,

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Pleased a simple tale to here.
Long has paled that sunny sky,
Echoes fade and memories die.
Autum frosts has slain july.
Still she hunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.
Children yet the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,

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Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summer die,
Ever drifting down the stream,
Lingering the golden glem,
Life, what is it but a dream?