“I charm in vain; for never again, All keenly as my glance I …”

“I charm in vain; for never again, All keenly as my glance I bend, Will Memory, goddess coy, Embody for my joy Departed days, nor let me gaze On thee, my fairy friend!”

— Lewis Carroll

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Title: Wikiquote: Lewis Carroll
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Context

"To my Child-friend" in The Game Of Logic (1886)

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Carroll, Lewis. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Lewis Carroll. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll

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