A Long One
Written on 8:57 AM by Acrostic Poems
Alice Pleasance Liddell
A boat, beneath a sunny sky
L ingering onward dreamily
I n an evening of July -
C hildren three that nestle near,
E ager eye and willing ear,
P leased a simple tale to hear -
L ong has paled that sunny sky:
E choes fade and memories die:
A utumn frosts have slain July.
S till she haunts me, phantomwise,
A lice moving under skies
N ever seen by waking eyes.
C hildren yet, the tale to hear,
E ager 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?
