Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PROEM (TO ARTHUR RACHMAN'S EDITION 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND'), by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis two-score years since carroll's art Last Line: The rags of rip van winkle. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898); Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge | ||||||||
'TIS two-score years since Carroll's art, With topsy-turvy magic, Sent Alice wandering through a part Half-comic and half-tragic. Enchanting Alice! Black-and-white Has made your charm perennial; And nought save 'Chaos and old Night' Can part you now from Tenniel; But still you are a Type, and based In Truth, like Lear and Hamlet; And Types may be re-draped to taste In cloth of gold or camlet. Here comes a fresh Costumier then; That Taste may gain a wrinkle From him who drew with such deft pen The rags of Rip van Winkle. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRAISE OF FAMOUS MEN: 5. LEWIS CARROLL by HUMBERT WOLFE THE NEW DOLL'S HOUSE: 9. THE STAFF by HUMBERT WOLFE A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON A GAGE D'AMOUR by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON A GARDEN SONG by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON DORA VERSUS ROSE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON GROWING GRAY by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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