Poems (Dorr)/Wonderland

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WONDERLAND
Wonderland is here and there;Wonderland is everywhere;Fly not then to east or westOn some far, uncertain quest.
Seek not India nor Japan,Nor the city Ispahan,Where to-day the shadows broodOver lonely Zendarood.
Somewhere smileth far CathayThrough the long resplendent day;Somewhere, moored in purple seas,Sleep the fair Hesperides.
Somewhere, in vague realms remoteOver which strange banners float,Lies, all bathed in silver gleams,The dear Wonderland of dreams.
Yet no need to sail in shipsWhere the blue sea dips and dips,Nor on wings of cloud to flyWhere the haunts of faery lie.
For by miracle of mornEach successive day is born; ​And wherever shines the sun,There enchanted rivers run!
Would you go to Wonderland?Lo! it lieth close at hand;Wonderland is wheresoe'erEyes can see and ears can hear!
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