Lewis Carroll- Through the Looking Glass Poem

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Published on January 6, 2010 3:30:55 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh8TUrKbyMU

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Me singing a peom from Lewis Carroll's book THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, it's the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland!
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Child of the pure unclouded brow
And dreaming eyes of wonder!
Though time be fleet, and I and thou
Are half a life asunder,
Thy lowing smile will surely hail
The love-gift of a fairy-tale.

I have not seen thy sunny face,
Nor heard thy silver laughter:
No thought of me shall find a place
In thy young life's hereafter-
Enough that now thou wilt not fail
to listen to my fairy-tale.

A tale begun in other days,
When summer suns were glowing-
A simple chime, that served to time
The rhythm of our rowing-
Whose echoes live in memory yet,
Though envious years would say "forget."

Come, hearken them, ere voice of dread,
With bitter tidings laden,
Shall summon to unwelcome bed
A melancholy maiden!
We are but older children, dear,
Who fret to find our bedtime near.

Without, the frost, the blinding snow,
The storm-wind's moody madness-
Withing, the firelight's ruddy glow,
And childhood's nest of gladness.
The magic words shall hold thee fast:
Thou shalt not heed the raving blast.

And, though the shadow of a sigh
May tremble through the story,
For "happy summer days" gone by,
And vanish'd summer glory-
It shall not touch, with breath of bale,
The pleasance of our fairy-tale.
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Copyright to Lewis Carroll for writing. I'm just singing it.