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Lewis Carroll's Elegy

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I thought I saw a future where 

  I practiced as a priest, 

I looked again and found myself 

  Not suited in the least:  

I couldn’t preach and thought myself 

  A base and sinful beast.

 

I thought I saw a way to charm 

  The company at tea,

I looked again and found that I 

  St-stammered terribly

W-w-when r-r-reading out 

  P-p-p-poetry.

 

I thought I saw a girl with whom 

  I might associate,

I looked again and found she’d come 

To womanly estate:

  Alas that children grow at such 

An expeditious rate.