1876
ACROSTIC: LOVE-LIGHTED EYES, THAT WILL NOT START
by Lewis Carroll
Electronically Enhanced Text (c) Copyright 1996, World Library(R)
ACROSTIC: LOVE-LIGHTED EYES, THAT WILL NOT START
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LOVE-lighted eyes, that will not start
At frown of rage or malice!
Uplifted brow, undaunted heart
Ready to dine on raspberry-tart
Along with fairy Alice!
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In scenes as wonderful as if
She'd flitted in a magic skiff
Across the sea to Calais:
Be sure this night, in Fancy's feast,
Even till Morning gilds the east,
Laura will dream of Alice!
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Perchance, as long years onward haste,
Laura will weary of the taste
Of Life's embittered chalice:
May she, in such a woeful hour,
Endued with Memory's mystic power,
Recall the dreams of Alice!
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June 17, 1876.
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THE END
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