Lewis Carroll – Atalanta in Camden-Town Poem
Atalanta in Camden-Town Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. Atalanta in Camden-Town Poem Ay, ’twas here, on this spot, In that summer of yore, Atalanta did not Vote my presence a bore, Nor reply to my tenderest talk “She had heard all that nonsense before.” She’d the brooch I […]
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Lewis Carroll – The Lang Coortin’ Poem
The Lang Coortin’ Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. The Lang Coortin’ Poem The ladye she stood at her lattice high, Wi’ her doggie at her feet; Thorough the lattice she can spy The passers in the street, “There’s one that standeth at the door, And tirleth at the […]
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Lewis Carroll – Four Riddles Poem
Four Riddles Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. Four Riddles Poem [These consist of two Double Acrostics and two Charades. No. I. was written at the request of some young friends, who had gone to a ball at an Oxford Commemoration—and also as a specimen of what might be […]
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Lewis Carroll – Fame’s Penny-Trumpet Poem
Fame’s Penny-Trumpet Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems. Fame’s Penny-Trumpet Poem [Affectionately dedicated to all “original researchers” who pant for “endowment.”] Blow, blow your trumpets till they crack, Ye little men of little souls! And bid them huddle at your back— Gold-sucking leeches, shoals on shoals! Fill all the […]
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Lewis Carroll – The Valley of The Shadow of Death Poem
The Valley of The Shadow of Death Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. The Valley of The Shadow of Death Poem Hark, said the dying man, and sighed, To that complaining tone— Like sprite condemned, each eventide, To walk the world alone. At sunset, when the air is […]
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Lewis Carroll – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) ‘Tis two score years since Carroll’s art, With topsy-turvy magic, Sent Alice wondering through a part Half-comic and half-tragic. Enchanting Alice! Black-and-white Has made your deeds perennial; And naught save “Chaos and old Night” Can part you […]
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Lewis Carroll – Beatrice Poem
Beatrice Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Beatrice Poem In her eyes is the living light Of a wanderer to earth From a far celestial height: Summers five are all the span— Summers five since Time began To veil in mists of human night A shining angel-birth. Does […]
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Lewis Carroll – Stolen Waters Poem
Stolen Waters Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Stolen Waters Poem The light was faint, and soft the air That breathed around the place; And she was lithe, and tall, and fair, And with a wayward grace Her queenly head she bare. With glowing cheek, with gleaming eye, […]
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Lewis Carroll – Only A Woman’s Hair Poem
Only A Woman’s Hair Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Only A Woman’s Hair Poem ‘Only a woman’s hair’! Fling it aside! A bubble on Life’s mighty stream: Heed it not, man, but watch the broadening tide Bright with the western beam. Nay! In those words there rings […]
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Lewis Carroll – Three Sunsets Poem
Three Sunsets Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Three Sunsets Poem He saw her once, and in the glance, A moment’s glance of meeting eyes, His heart stood still in sudden trance: He trembled with a sweet surprise— All in the waning light she stood, The star of […]
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Lewis Carroll – After Three Days Poem
After Three Days Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. After Three Days Poem I stood within the gate Of a great temple, ‘mid the living stream Of worshipers that thronged its regal state Fair-pictured in my dream. Jewels and gold were there; And floors of marble lent a […]
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Lewis Carroll – Faces in The Fire Poem
Faces in The Fire Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Faces in The Fire Poem The night creeps onward, sad and slow: In these red embers’ dying glow The forms of Fancy come and go. An island-farm—broad seas of corn Stirred by the wandering breath of morn— The […]
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