Poems (Dorr)/Wonderland
WONDERLAND
Wonderland is here and there;
Wonderland is everywhere;
Fly not then to east or west
On some far, uncertain quest.
Wonderland is everywhere;
Fly not then to east or west
On some far, uncertain quest.
Seek not India nor Japan,
Nor the city Ispahan,
Where to-day the shadows brood
Over lonely Zendarood.
Nor the city Ispahan,
Where to-day the shadows brood
Over lonely Zendarood.
Somewhere smileth far Cathay
Through the long resplendent day;
Somewhere, moored in purple seas,
Sleep the fair Hesperides.
Through the long resplendent day;
Somewhere, moored in purple seas,
Sleep the fair Hesperides.
Somewhere, in vague realms remote
Over which strange banners float,
Lies, all bathed in silver gleams,
The dear Wonderland of dreams.
Over which strange banners float,
Lies, all bathed in silver gleams,
The dear Wonderland of dreams.
Yet no need to sail in ships
Where the blue sea dips and dips,
Nor on wings of cloud to fly
Where the haunts of faery lie.
Where the blue sea dips and dips,
Nor on wings of cloud to fly
Where the haunts of faery lie.
For by miracle of morn
Each successive day is born;
And wherever shines the sun,
There enchanted rivers run!
Each successive day is born;
And wherever shines the sun,
There enchanted rivers run!
Would you go to Wonderland?
Lo! it lieth close at hand;
Wonderland is wheresoe'er
Eyes can see and ears can hear!
Lo! it lieth close at hand;
Wonderland is wheresoe'er
Eyes can see and ears can hear!