Lewis Carroll Quote

"True love gives true love of the best:
Then take," I cried, "my heart to thee!"
The very heart from out my breast
I plucked, I gave it willingly;
Her very heart she gave to me —
Then died the glory from the west. In the gray light I saw her face,
And it was withered, old, and gray;
The flowers were fading in their place,
Were fading with the fading day.


Stolen Waters (1862). - Three Sunsets and Other Poems (1898)


True love gives true love of the best: Then take, I cried, my heart to thee! The very heart from out my breast I plucked, I gave it willingly; Her...

True love gives true love of the best: Then take, I cried, my heart to thee! The very heart from out my breast I plucked, I gave it willingly; Her...

True love gives true love of the best: Then take, I cried, my heart to thee! The very heart from out my breast I plucked, I gave it willingly; Her...

True love gives true love of the best: Then take, I cried, my heart to thee! The very heart from out my breast I plucked, I gave it willingly; Her...