søndag den 10. juli 2011

London-sonet 14

let me see: i''ll give them a new
pair of boots every christmas!
and she went on planning to
herself how she would manage it:

they must go by the carrier," she
thought, and how funny it'll seem,
sending presents to one's own
feet! and how odd the directions

will look:
ALICE'S RIGHT FOOT ESQ.
THE CARPET,

WITH ALICE'S LOVE
oh, dear, what nonsense
i am talking!

(skrevet af efter British Librarys fascimile-udgave af Lewis Carrolls første, håndskrevne version af Alice i Eventyrland, Alice's Adventures under Ground, sendt som julegave til Alice Liddell 1864)

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  1. On 6 November 1948 the Libarian of Congress sailed for England on the Queen Elizabeth taking the manuscript with him (and occasionally sleeping with it under his pillow). On 12 November he presented to the British Museum 'as an expression of thanks to a noble people who kept Hitler at bay for a long period single-handed'.

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