by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898), as Lewis Carroll

Language: English 
Our translations:  FRE
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.

 ...

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