- A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,
- Lingering onward dreamily
- In 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 moving under skies
- Never seen by waking eyes.
- Children yet, the tale to hear,
- Eager eye and willing ear,
- Lovingly shall nestle near.
- In a Wonderland they lie,
- Dreaming as the days go by,
- Dreaming as the summers die:
- Ever drifting down the stream —
- Lingering in the golden gleam —
- Life, what is it but a dream?
- - Lewis Carroll
