Child of the pure, unclouded brow
And dreaming eyes of wonder!
Though time be fleet, and I and thou
Are half a life asunder,
Thy loving smile will surely hail
The love gift of a fairy tale.
A simple song theme, briefly developed, leads to
Ib. The Garden of Live Flowers
(The score contains this extract from the book:
“‘O Tiger Lily,’ said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, ‘I wish you could talk.’
“‘We can talk,’ said the Tiger-Lily, ‘when there’s anybody worth talking to.’
“‘And can the flowers talk?’
“‘As well as you can,’ said the Tiger-Lily, ‘and a great deal louder.’”)