` By the way , Kitty , if only you 'd been really with me in my dream , there was one thing you WOULD have enjoyed -- I had such a quantity of poetry said to me , all about fishes ! To-morrow morning you shall have a real treat . All the time you 're eating your breakfast , I 'll repeat `` The Walrus and the Carpenter '' to you ; and then you can make believe it 's oysters , dear ! ` Now , Kitty , let 's consider who it was that dreamed it all . This is a serious question , my dear , and you should NOT go on licking your paw like that -- as if Dinah had n't washed you this morning ! You see , Kitty , it MUST have been either me or the Red King . He was part of my dream , of course -- but then I was part of his dream , too ! WAS it the Red King , Kitty ? You were his wife , my dear , so you ought to know -- Oh , Kitty , DO help to settle it ! I 'm sure your paw can wait ! ' But the provoking kitten only began on the other paw , and pretended it had n't heard the question . Which do YOU think it was ? -- 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 ? I. JIMMY 'S CRUISE IN THE PINAFORE . HOW HE SHIPPED . A boy sat on a door-step in a despondent attitude , with his eyes fixed on a pair of very shabby shoes , and his elbows resting on his knees , as if to hide the big patches there .
But it was not the fact that his toes were nearly out and his clothes dilapidated which brought the wrinkles to his forehead and the tears to his XXXXX , for he was used to that state of things , and bore it without complaint .
Echoes July Long WAS boat eyes gleam kitten pair patches