1 1872 TWO THIEVES Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (18321898) - English novelist, poet, photographer, and mathematician, best known for his fantastical childrens’ classics. He was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford. Two Thieves (1872) - One of Lewis Carroll’s poems. Opening lines: Two thieves went out to steal one day / Thinking that no one knew it:... TWO THIEVES (To the Misses Drury.) TWO thieves went out to steal one day Thinking that no one knew it: Three little maids, I grieve to say, Encouraged them to do it. ‘Tis said that little children should Encourage men in stealing! But these, I’ve always understood, Have got no proper feeling. An aged friend, who chanced to pass Exactly at the minute, Said “Children! Take this Looking-glass, And see your badness in it.” Jan. 11, 1872. THE END 1 1881 TWO POEMS TO RACHEL DANIEL Lewis Carroll 2 Carroll, Lewis (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (18321898) - English novelist, poet, photographer, and mathematician, best known for his fantastical childrens’ classics. He was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford. Two Poems to Rachel Daniel (1880, 1881) - Two of Lewis Carroll’s poems. Opening lines of the first poem: “Oh pudgy podgy pup! / Why did they wake you up?... 3 TWO POEMS TO RACHEL DANIEL I “OH pudgy podgy pup! Why did they wake you up? Those crude nocturnal yells Are not like silver bells: Nor ever would recall Sweet Music’s ‘dying fall’. They rather bring to mind The bitter winter wind Through keyholes shrieking shrilly When nights are dark and chilly: Or like some dire duett, Or quarrelsome quartette, Of cats who chant their joys With execrable noise, And murder Time and Tune To vex the patient Moon!” Nov. 1880. II FOR “THE GARLAND OF RACHEL” (1881) WHAT hand may wreathe thy natal crown, O tiny tender Spirit-blossom, That out of Heaven hast fluttered down Into this Earth’s cold bosom? And how shall mortal bard aspire All sin-begrimed and sorrow-laden To welcome, with the Seraph-choir, A pure and perfect Maiden? Are not God’s minstrels ever near, Flooding with joy the woodland mazes? Which shall we summon, Baby dear, To carol forth thy praises? With sweet sad song the Nightingale May soothe the broken hearts that languish Where graves are green- the orphans’ wail, The widow’s lonely anguish: 4 The Turtle-dove with amorous coo May chide the blushing maid that lingers To twine her bridal wreath anew With weak and trembling fingers: But human loves and human woes Would dim the radiance of thy glory Only the Lark such music knows As fits thy stainless story. The world may listen as it will She recks not, to the skies up-springing: Beyond our ken she singeth still For very joy of singing. THE END 1 1876 DOUBLE ACROSTIC: TWO LITTLE GIRLS NEAR LONDON DWELL Lewis Carroll 2 Carroll, Lewis (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (18321898) - English novelist, poet, photographer, and mathematician, best known for his fantastical childrens’ classics. He was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford. Double Acrostic: Two little girls near London dwell (1876) - An acrostic is a poem in which certain letters in the lines (often the first) taken in order form a name, a word, a motto, or an alphabetical sequence. Opening lines: Two little girls in London dwell, / More naughty than I like to tell. 3 DOUBLE ACROSTIC: TWO LITTLE GIRLS NEAR LONDON DWELL TWO little girls near London dwell, More naughty than I like to tell. 1 Upon the lawn the hoops are seen: The balls are rolling on the green. TurF 2 The Thames is running deep and wide: And boats are rowing on the tide. RiveR 3 In winter-time, all in a row, The happy skaters come and go. IcE 4 “Papa!” they cry, “Do let us stay!” He does not speak, but says they may. NoD 5 “There is a land,” he says, “my dear, Which is too hot to skate, I fear.” AfricA THE END 1 869 TWO ACROSTICS Lewis Carroll Carroll, Lewis (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (18321898) - English novelist, poet, photographer, and mathematician, best known for his fantastical childrens’ classics. He was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford. Two Acrostics: Round the wondrous globe; Maidens, if a maid you meet (1869) - An acrostic is a poem in which certain letters in the lines (often the first) taken in order form a name, a word, a motto, etc. Opening line of the first acrostic: Round the wondrous globe I wander wild,... TWO ACROSTICS (To Miss Ruth Dymes.) ROUND the wondrous globe I wander wild, Up and down-hill- Age succeeds to youthToiling all in vain to find a child Half so loving, half so dear as Ruth. (To Miss Margaret Dymes.) MAIDENS, if a maid you meet Always free from pout and pet, Ready smile and temper sweet, Greet my little Margaret. And if loved by all she be Rightly, not a pampered pet, Easily you then may see ‘Tis my little Margaret. THE END 1 1869 TO THREE PUZZLED LITTLE GIRLS, FROM THE AUTHOR Lewis Carroll 2 Carroll, Lewis (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (18321898) - English novelist, poet, photographer, and mathematician, best known for his fantastical childrens’ classics. He was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford. To three puzzled little Girls, from the Author (1869) - One of Lewis Carroll’s poems. Opening lines: Three little maidens weary of the rail, / Three pairs of little ears listening to a tale,... 3 TO THREE PUZZLED LITTLE GIRLS, FROM THE AUTHOR (To the three Misses Drury.) THREE little maidens weary of the rail, Three pairs of little ears listening to a tale, Three little hands held out in readiness, For three little puzzles very hard to guess. Three pairs of little eyes, open wonder-wide, At three little scissors lying side by side. Three little mouths that thanked an unknown Friend, For one little book, he undertook to send. Though whether they’ll remember a friend, or book, or day In three little weeks is very hard to say. August 1869. THE END 1869 1 1886 TO MY CHILD FRIEND Lewis Carroll 2 Carroll, Lewis (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (18321898) - English novelist, poet, photographer, and mathematician, best known for his fantastical childrens’ classics. He was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford. To my Child-Friend (1886) - One of Lewis Carroll’s poems. Dedication to “The Game of Logic.” Opening lines: I charm in vain: for never again, / All keenly as my glance I bend,... 3 TO MY CHILD FRIEND DEDICATION TO “THE GAME OF LOGIC”. I CHARM in vain: for never again, All keenly as my glance I bend, Will Memory, goddess coy, Embody for my joy Departed days, nor let me gaze On thee, my Fairy Friend! Yet could thy face, in mystic grace, A moment smile on me, ‘twould send Far-darting rays of light From Heaven athwart the night, By which to read in very deed Thy spirit, sweetest Friend! So may the stream of Life’s long dream Flow gently onward to its end, With many a floweret gay, A-down its willowy way: May no sigh vex, no care perplex, My loving little Friend! 1886. THE END 1 1869 TO M. A. B. Lewis Carroll 2 Carroll, Lewis (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (18321898) - English novelist, poet, photographer, and mathematician, best known for his fantastical childrens’ classics. He was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford. To M. A. B. (1869) - One of Lewis Carroll’s poems. (To Miss Marion Terry, “Mary Ann Bessie Terry.”) Opening lines: The royal MAB, dethroned, discrowned / By fairy rebels wild,... \E[s \E[400s 3 TO M.A.B. (To Miss Marion Terry, “Mary Ann Bessie Terry.”) THE royal MAB, dethroned, discrowned By fairy rebels wild, Has found a home on English ground, And lives an English child. I know it, Maiden, when I see A fairy-tale upon your knee And note the page that idly lingers Beneath those still and listless fingers And mark those dreamy looks that stray To some bright vision far away, Still seeking, in the pictured story, The memory of a vanished glory. THE END 1 1872 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS Lewis Carroll Illustrations by John Tenniel Carroll, Lewis (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (18321898) - English novelist, poet, photographer, and mathematician, best known for his fantastical childrens’ classics. He was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford. Through the Looking-Glass (1872) - The sequel to “Alice in Wonderland.” Alice climbs through a mirror and discovers that the world is totally reversed like the mirror’s reflection. The ballad “Jabberwocky” is included in this book. Sir John Tenniel drew the classic illustrations. 2 Table Of Contents THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS . 3 CHAPTER I LOOKING GLASS HOUSE . 4 JABBERWOCKY . CHAPTER II THE GARDEN OF LIVE FLOWERS . 11 CHAPTER III LOOKING GLASS INSECTS . .17 CHAPTER IV TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE . 23 CHAPTER V WOOL AND WATER . 30 CHAPTER VI HUMPTY DUMPTY . .37 CHAPTER VII THE LION AND THE UNICORN . 43 CHAPTER VIII “IT’S MY OWN INVENTION” . 50 CHAPTER IX QUEEN ALICE . 59 CHAPTER X SHAKING . 68 CHAPTER XII WHICH DREAMED IT? . 69 3 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 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 loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy-tale. 5} 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- 10} Enough that now thou wilt not fail To listen to my fairy-tale.