Author: Lewis Carroll

The Baker’s Tale They roused him with muffins they roused him with ice They roused him with mustard and cress […]

I There was an ancient City, stricken down With a strange frenzy, and for many a day They paced from […]

He thought he saw an Elephant That practised on a fife: He looked again, and found it was A letter […]

A short direction To avoid dejection, By variations In occupations, And prolongation Of relaxation, And combinations Of recreations, And disputation […]

A boat, beneath a sunny sky Lingering onward dreamily In an evening of July Children three that nestle near, Eager […]

”Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare ‘You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my […]

“You are old, Father william,” the young man said, “And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly […]

A BOAT beneath a sunny sky, Lingering onward dreamily In an evening of July Children three that nestle near, Eager […]

Five little girls, of Five, Four, Three, Two, One: Rolling on the hearthrug, full of tricks and fun. Five rosy […]

Little maidens, when you look On this little story-book, Reading with attentive eye Its enticing history, Never think that hours […]

As one who strives a hill to climb, Who never climbed before: Who finds it, in a little time, Grow […]

ONE winter night, at half-past nine, Cold, tired, and cross, and muddy, I had come home, too late to dine, […]

PREFACE If – and the thing is wildly possible – the charge of writing Nonsense were ever brought against the […]

The ladye she stood at her lattice high, Wi’ her doggie at her feet; Thorough the lattice she can spy […]

‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogoves, And the […]

“MY First – but don’t suppose,” he said, “I’m setting you a riddle – Is – if your Victim be […]

“How shall I be a poet? How shall I write in rhyme? You told me once the very wish Partook […]

All in the golden afternoon Full leisurely we glide; For both our oars, with little skill, By little arms are […]

“Will you walk a little faster?” said a whiting to a snail, “There’s a porpoise close behind us, and he’s […]

Next to him the eldest daughter: She suggested very little Only asked if he would take her With her look […]