Which do you think it was?

A boat beneath a sunny sky,

Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July.

Children three that nestle near,

Earger eye and willing ear,

Pleased a simple tale to hear.

Long has paled that sunny sky:

Echoes fade and memories die.

Autumn frosts have slain July.

Still she haunts me, phantomwise,

Alice moving under skies

Never seen by walking eyes.

Children yet the tale to hear,

Eager eye and willing ear,

Lovingly shall nestle near.

In a Wonderland they lie,

Dreaming as days go by,

Dreaming as the summers die:

Ever drifting down the stream

Lingering in the golden gleam

Life, what is it but a dream?

-- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

a.k.a Lewis Carroll