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94 'Alice's Adventures Underground,' which I undertook to write out for Alice."

These words need to be supplemented by the verses with which he prefaced the "Wonderland":—



All in the golden afternoon
 * Full leisurely we glide;

For both our oars, with little skill,
 * By little arms are plied,

While little hands make vain pretence
 * Our wanderings to guide.

Ah, cruel Three! In such an hour, "Beneath such dreamy weather,