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BESSIE’S SONG TO HER DOLL Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

BESSIE’S SONG TO HER DOLL Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) MATILDA JANE, you never lookAt any toy or picture-book.I show you pretty things in vain–You must be blind, Matilda Jane! I ask you riddles, tell you tales,But all our conversation fails.You never answer me again–I fear you’re dumb, Matilda Jane! Matilda darling, when I call,You …

THE CROCODILE Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

THE CROCODILE Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) HOW doth the little crocodileImprove his shining tail,And pour the waters of the NileOn every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin!How neatly spread his claws,And welcomes little fishes inWith gently smiling jaws!CategoriesPOETRY Leave a comment

FATHER WILLIAM Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

FATHER WILLIAM Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) “YOU are old, Father William,” the young man said,“And your hair has become very white;And yet you incessantly stand on your head–Do you think, at your age, it is right?” “In my youth,” Father William replied to his son,“I feared it might injure the brain;But, now that I’m …

I’LL TELL THEE EVERYTHING I CAN Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

I’LL TELL THEE EVERYTHING I CAN Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) I’LL tell thee everything I can;There’s little to relate,I saw an aged, aged man,A-sitting on a gate.“Who are you, aged man?” I said.“And how is it you live?”And his answer trickled through my headLike water through a sieve. He said, “I look for butterfliesThat …

JABBERWOCKY Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

JABBERWOCKY Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) ‘TWAS brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand:Long time the manxome …

LIFE IS BUT A DREAM Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

LIFE IS BUT A DREAM Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) A BOAT, beneath a sunny skyLingering onward dreamilyIn an evening of July– Children three that nestle near,Eager eye and willing ear,Pleased a simple tale to hear– Long has paled that sunny sky;Echoes fade and memories die;Autumn frosts have slain July. Still she haunts me, phantomwise,Alice …

THE MANLET Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

THE MANLET Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) IN stature the Manlet was dwarfish–No burly, big Blunderbore he;And he wearily gazed on the crawfishHis Wifelet had dressed for his tea.“Now reach me, sweet Atom, my gunlet,And hurl the old shoelet for luck;Let me hie to the bank of the runlet,And shoot thee a Duck!” She has …

MY FANCY Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

MY FANCY Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) I PAINTED her a gushing thing,With years perhaps a score;A little thought to find they wereAt least a dozen more;My fancy gave her eyes of blue,A curly, auburn head;I came to find the blue a greenThe auburn turned to red. She boxed my ears this morning–They tingled very …

SIZE AND TEARS Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

SIZE AND TEARS Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) WHEN on the sandy shore I sit,Beside the salt sea-wave,And fall into a weeping fitBecause I dare not shave–A little whisper at my earInquires the reason of my fear. I answer, “If that ruffian JonesShould recognize me here,He’d bellow out my name in tonesOffensive to the ear:He …

THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) THE sun was shining on the sea,Shining with all his might;He did his very best to makeThe billows smooth and bright–And this was odd, because it wasThe middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily,Because she thought the sunHad got no business to be …

THE WHITE RABBIT’S VERSES Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

THE WHITE RABBIT’S VERSES Poetry/Poem by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) THEY told me you had been to her,And mentioned me to him;She gave me a good character,But said I could not swim. He sent them word I had not gone.(We know it to be true.)If she should push the matter on,What would become of you? I …

CRADLE SONG Poetry/Poem by William Blake (1757-1827)

CRADLE SONG Poetry/Poem by William Blake (1757-1827) SLEEP, sleep, beauty bright,Dreaming in the joys of night;Sleep, sleep; in thy sleepLittle sorrows sit and weep. Sweet babe, in thy faceSoft desires I can trace,Secret joys and secret smiles,Little pretty infant wiles. As thy softest limbs I feel,Smiles as of the morning stealO’er thy cheek, and o’er …

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