In this poem by Lewis Carroll, the first letter of each line spells out Alice Pleasance Liddell...the little girl for whom he wrote Alice in Wonderland:
A boat, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening in July.
Children three that nestle near
Eager 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 waking eyes.
Children yet, the tale to hear
Eager eye and willing ear
Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie
Dreaming as the 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?
