Thanks!
The poem is was a dedication called "To MAB". I actually wrote a poem of the same title to a friend of mine with the same initials some years ago, though I don't think I even have a copy of it anymore. Either way, Carroll's is better. It was written in 1869 to Marion Terry (Mary Ann Bessie Terry). The first four lines I don't know well, but the rest I know by memory.
The royal MAB, dethroned, discrowned
By fairy rebels wild,
Has found a home on English ground,
And lives an English child.
I know it, Maiden, when I see
A fairy-tale upon your knee -
And note the page that idly lingers
Beneath those still and listless fingers -
And mark those dreamy looks that stray
To some bright vision far away,
Still seeking, in the pictured story,
The memory of a vanished glory.
The original title I was going to use for the song idea was Vanished Glory, which might make a bit more sense once I get around to actually giving it a proper structure and adding the intended vocals. The idea for the EP might seem a little contradictory for a melodic death (ish) disk, but I'm shooting for something very much focused on the emotional impact of children's stories and their ability to cling to us into adulthood in ways both charming and painful.
