Alice Liddell or Alice Pleasance Liddell (4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934), the daughter of Henry George Liddell, friend of Lewis Carroll, was allegedly the inspiration for Alice in his novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.
== Biography== Alice Liddell is the fourth child of Henry Liddell and his wife. She has two older brothers, Harry and Arthur, and an older siter Lorina. She also has six younger siblings, one of them was Edith. == Later Life== Alice married Reginald Hargreaves at the age of 28 on September 15, 1880 and they had three sons named Alan Knyveton Hargreaves and Leopold Reginald "Rex" Hargreaves. Both of her son are killed in action on the World War I.
A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky
there is an acrostic poem at the end of Through the Looking-Glass. Reading downward, taking the first letter of each line, spells out Liddell's full name. The poem has no title in Through the Looking-Glass, but is usually referred to by its first line, "A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky".
A boat beneath a sunny sky, Lingering onward dreamily In an evening of 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?