Alice in Verse: The Lost Rhymes of Wonderland by J. T. Holden

Author:J. T. Holden [Holden, J. T.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Poetry
Publisher: Candleshoe Books
Published: 2011-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

DEE & DUM

‘Shall we tell you a tale that you’ve not heard before?

If you have, then please stop us—if not, cry for more!

But if less you require from the coffers of yore,

Then perhaps you should travel to some other shore!

But don’t run—not just yet—for you cannot ignore

That you haven’t a clue what the wood holds in store:

All those dark little nooks that you bypassed before

Still await your impending and final encore!

It’s safer back here from the things that you fear!

Like the raven, the rook—or the crow, if you please,

With his dark feathered wings that expand with such ease;

With his talons so sharp and his brilliant black beak

In contrariwise pose with the sound of his shriek.

From those things that you fear, it is much safer here!

Now we’ve settled the battle, and evened the score,

And divided the rattle in parts numb’ring four.

If you like, we can whittle them down furthermore:

Ten shillings, six pence—but not one penny more!

So the tale we regale with shall be evermore

But a fable of vengeance that some may deplore,

Whilst others, most wicked of heart, may adore:

The return of the two who once dined on the shore…’

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