1869

DOUBLE ACROSTIC: I SING A PLACE WHEREIN AGREE

by Lewis Carroll DOUBLE ACROSTIC: I SING A PLACE WHEREIN AGREE -

(To Miss E. M. Argles.) -

I SING a place wherein agree

All things on land that fairest be,

All that is sweetest of the sea. -

Nor can I break the silken knot

That binds my memory to the spot

And friends too dear to be forgot. -

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On rocky brow we loved to stand

And watch in silence, hand in hand, -

The shadows veiling sea and land. B luf F -

Then dropped the breeze; no vessel passed:

So silent stood each taper mast,

You would have deemed it chained and fast. A ncho R -

Above the blue and fleecy sky:

Below, the waves that quivering lie,

Like crisped curls of greenery. B roccol I -

"A sail!" resounds from every lip.

Mizen, no, square-sail- ah, you trip!

Edith, it cannot be a ship! B arqu E -

So home again from sea and beach,

One nameless feeling thrilling each.

A sense of beauty, passing speech. A ppreciatio N -

Let lens and tripod be unslung!

"Dolly!" 's the word on every tongue;

Dolly must sit, for she is young! C hil D -

Photography shall change her face,

Distort it with uncouth grimace-

Make her bloodthirsty, fierce, and base. O diou S -

I end my song while scarce begun;

For I should want, ere all was done,

Four weeks to tell the tale of one: M ont H -

And I should need as large a hand,

To paint a scene so wild and grand,

As he who traversed Egypt's land. B elzon I -

What say you, Edith? Will it suit ye?

Reject it, if it fails in beauty:

You know your literary duty! E ditorshi P -

On the rail between Torquay and Guildford, Sep. 28, 1869. -