Matilda Jane, you never look
At any toy or picture-book.
I show you pretty things in vain
You must be blind, Matilda Jane!
I ask you riddles, tell you tales,
But all our conversation fails.
You never answer me again
I fear you're dumb, Matilda Jane!
Matilda darling, when I call,
You never seem to hear at all.
I shout with all my might and main
But you're so deaf, Matilda Jane!
Matilda Jane, you needn't mind,
For, though you're deaf and dumb and blind,
There's some one loves you, it is plain
And that is me, Matilda Jane!
Bessie's Song To Her Doll
Lewis Carroll
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Poem topics: fear, hear, plain, answer, mind, conversation, picture, pretty, book, main, blind, never, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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Write your comment about Bessie's Song To Her Doll poem by Lewis Carroll
Mary White: I have known this poem all my life and have found it running through my head
for so many years.
It is not about a doll any longer but now it can be addressed to my grown child!
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