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Dedication

Inscribed to a Dear Child:

In Memory of Golden Summer

And Whispers of a Summer

Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task,

Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as

Rest on a friendly knee, intent to

The tale he loves to tell.

Rude spirits of the seething outer strife,

Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright,

Deem if you list, such hours a waste of life,

Empty of all delight!

Chat on, sweet Maid, and rescue from

Hearts that by wiser talk are unbeguiled.

Ah, happy he who owns that tenderest joy,

The heart-love of a child!

Away, fond thoughts, and vex my soul no more!    Work claims my wakeful nights, my busy days-Albeit bright memories of that sunlit shore    Yet haunt my dreaming gaze!

This form is known as an Acrostic since the letters at the start of each line spell out a particular message in the case

DE

AY.

However Carroll shows his true skill since it is doubly labelled and the first word in each verse also forms the name

RT

DE

AT

AY.

This is not quite the right spelling but is phonetically correct.(Thanks to Morag)

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Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (/ˈlʌtwɪdʒ ˈdɒdʒsən/; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English wr…

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