1876

ACROSTIC: LOVE-LIGHTED EYES, THAT WILL NOT START

by Lewis Carroll ACROSTIC: LOVE-LIGHTED EYES, THAT WILL NOT START -

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! -

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! -

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! -

June 17, 1876. - -