Next to him the eldest daughter: <br />She suggested very little <br />Only asked if he would take her <br />With her look of 'passive beauty-' <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Her idea of passive beauty <br />Was a squinting of the left-eye, <br />Was a drooping of the right-eye, <br />Was a smile that went up Sideways <br />To the corner of the nostrils. <br /> <br /> <br />Hiawatha, when she asked him <br />Took no notice of the question <br />Looked as if he hadn't heared it; <br />But, when pointedly appealed to, <br />Smiled in his peculiar manner, <br />Coughed and said it 'didn't matter,' <br />Bit his lip and changed the subject. <br /> <br /> <br />Nor in this was he mistaken, <br />As the picture failed completely. <br /> <br /> <br />So in turn the other sisters.<br /><br />Lewis Carroll<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hiawathas-photographing-part-iv/
