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Lewis Carroll's Poetry, by first line

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  • Poeta Fit, Non Nascitur
    "How shall I be a poet?
    How shall I write in rhyme?
    108 lines, 2 comments
  • Acrostic
    Daily work and pastime daily
    In their order taking gaily
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • Another Acrostic ( In the style of Father William )
    "Are you deaf, Father William!" the young man said,
    "Did you hear what I told you just now?
    13 lines, 3 comments
  • Madrigal
    HE shouts amain, he shouts again,
    (Her brother, fierce, as bluff King Hal),
    13 lines
  • Brother And Sister
    "SISTER, sister, go to bed!
    Go and rest your weary head."
    24 lines, 2 comments
  • My Fairy
    When once I wished to drink some gin
    It said "You must not quaff".
    17 lines, 6 comments
  • She's All My Fancy Painted Him
    An obstacle, that came between
    Him, and ourselves, and it.
    32 lines, 1 comment
  • Photography Extraordinary
    Scorch'd by her fierce, relentless eye,
    Nothingness is my destiny!
    21 lines
  • A Nursery Darling
    From lips that lovingly repeat
    Again, again, the message sweet!
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • Phantasmagoria Canto I (The Trystyng )
    And Something white and wavy
    Was standing near me in the gloom
    120 lines, 1 comment
  • A Sea Dirge
    There is an insect that people avoid
    (Whence is derived the verb 'to flee').
    48 lines, 1 comment
  • Melancholetta
    WITH saddest music all day long
    She soothed her secret sorrow:
    78 lines
  • A Valentine
    He spends the time in writing lays,
    And posts them to her.
    42 lines, 1 comment
  • The Three Voices
    His heart stood still, aghast with fear;
    A wordless voice, nor far nor near,
    328 lines
  • Atalanta In Camden -Town
    And her heart, as I thought,
    Was alive to my passion;
    48 lines
  • Prologue
    All in the golden afternoon
    Full leisurely we glide;
    42 lines, 1 comment
  • The Knight's Song
    I'll tell thee everything I can:
    There's little to relate.
    83 lines, 2 comments
  • My Fancy
    I painted her a gushing thing,
    With years about a score;
    24 lines
  • The Sea
    There are certain things -a spider, a ghost,
    The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three -
    48 lines
  • Fame's Penny-Trumpet
    Blow, blow your trumpets till they crack,
    Ye little men of little souls!
    48 lines
  • The Lang Coortin'
    The ladye she stood at her lattice high,
    Wi' her doggie at her feet;
    148 lines
  • Little Birds
    Little Birds are dining
    Warily and well,
    60 lines
  • The Pig's Tale
    Little Birds are dining
    Warily and well,
    143 lines
  • All In The Golden Afternoon
    All in the golden afternoon
    Full leisurely we glide;
    42 lines
  • The Aged Aged Man
    I'll tell thee everything I can;
    There's little to relate.
    83 lines, 3 comments
  • The Mad Hatter's Song
    " — — it was at the great concert given by the
    Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing
    7 lines, 1 comment
  • The Voice Of The Lobster
    "'Tis the voice of the Lobster: I heard him declare
    'You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.'
    16 lines
  • Phantasmagoria Canto III ( Scarmoges )
    "AND did you really walk," said I,
    "On such a wretched night?
    136 lines
  • Phantasmagoria Canto V ( Byckerment )
    "DON'T they consult the 'Victims,' though?"
    I said. "They should, by rights,
    148 lines
  • Phantasmagoria Canto II ( Hys Fyve Rules )
    "MY First - but don't suppose," he said,
    "I'm setting you a riddle -
    112 lines
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