by
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll
Childhood Dreams
See originalLanguage: English
All in the golden afternoon
Full leisurely we glide;
For both our oars, with little skill,
By little arms are plied,
While little hands make vain pretence
Our wanderings to guide.
...
Alice! A childish story take,
And with a gentle hand,
Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined
In Memory's mystic band,
Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers
Pluck'd in far-off land.
All in the golden afternoon
Full leisurely we glide;
For both our oars, with little skill,
By little arms are plied,
While little hands make vain pretence
Our wanderings to guide.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,7,1 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Childhood Dreams", 1991, published 1996, stanzas 1,7,1 [ high voice or medium voice and piano ], from "Alice" Songs, no. 1
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-08
Line count: 42
Word count: 231
Language: French (Français) after the English
Dans l'après-midi doré, tous
Pleins de langueur, nous voguons ;
Car nos deux rames, avec peu d'habileté,
Sont maniées par de petits bras,
Tandis que de petites mains ont de vaines prétentions
À guider notre errance.
...
Alice ! Prends cette histoire enfantine
Et d'une gentille main
Dépose-la où les rêves de l'enfance sont tressés
En une guirlande mystique du souvenir
Comme une couronne de fleurs fanées de pélerin
Cueillies dans un pays très lointain.
Dans l'après-midi doré, tous
Pleins de langueur, nous voguons ;
Car nos deux rames, avec peu d'habileté,
Sont maniées par de petits bras,
Tandis que de petites mains ont de vaines prétentions
À guider notre errance.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,7,1 of the original text.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-29
Line count: 42
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