Through the looking glass - Carroll Lewis

Carroll, Lewis (pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
(18321898) - English novelist, poet, photographer, and
mathematician, best known for his fantastical childrens’ classics.
He was a mathematical lecturer at Oxford.
Through the Looking-Glass (1872) - The sequel to “Alice in
Wonderland.” Alice climbs through a mirror and discovers that the
world is totally reversed like the mirror’s reflection. The ballad
“Jabberwocky” is included in this book. Sir John Tenniel drew the
classic illustrations.

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Child of the pure unclouded brow And dreaming eyes of wonder!
Though time be fleet, and I and thou Are half a life asunder, Thy
loving smile will surely hail The love-gift of a fairy-tale. 5}
I have not seen thy sunny face, Nor heard thy silver laughter: No
thought of me shall find a place In thy young life’s hereafter- 10}
Enough that now thou wilt not fail To listen to my fairy-tale.
A tale begun in other days, When summer suns were glowing- 15}
A simple chime, that served to time The rhythm of our
rowingWhose echoes live in memory yet, Though envious years
would say ‘forget.’