Walking the Cornish Coast: Talland Bay to Polruan by Jackie Harding

The estimable Jackie Harding has been published again by the Cornish Story Website and I am pleased to see that my photos are being used once again :-)

Autumn Acrostic

A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,

Lingering onward dreamily

In an evening of July —

Children three that nestle near,

Eager eye and willing ear,

Pleased a simple tale to hear —

Long has paled that sunny sky:

Echoes fade and memories die:

Autumn frosts have slain July.

Still she haunts me, phantomwise,

Alice moving under skies

Never seen by waking eyes.

Children yet, the tale to hear,

Eager eye and willing ear,

Lovingly shall nestle near.

In a Wonderland they lie,

Dreaming as the days go by,

Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream —

Lingering in the golden gleam —

Life, what is it but a dream?



Lewis Carroll - Alice Pleasance Liddell

Answer for question 4498.

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