1861

ACROSTICS: LITTLE MAIDENS, WHEN YOU LOOK

by Lewis Carroll ACROSTICS: LITTLE MAIDENS, WHEN YOU LOOK -

LITTLE maidens, when you look

On this little story-book,

Reading with attentive eye

Its enticing history,

Never think that hours of play

Are your only HOLIDAY,

And that in a HOUSE of joy

Lessons serve but to annoy:

If in any HOUSE you find

Children of a gentle mind,

Each the others pleasing ever-

Each the others vexing never-

Daily work and pastime daily

In their order taking gaily-

Then be very sure that they

Have a life of HOLIDAY.

Christmas 1861.