Charles Lutwidge Dodgson JABBERWOCKY ("LEWIS CARROLL ") 'T WAS brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand : "If it once becomes dark, there's no chance of a Snark We have hardly a minute to waste !" "I skip forty years," said the Baker, in tears, "And proceed without further remark To the day when you took me aboard of your ship To help you in hunting the Snark. "A dear uncle of mine (after whom I was nam'd) Remark'd, when I bade him farewell—” "Oh, skip your dear uncle!" the Bellman exclaim'd, As he angrily tingled his bell. "He remark'd to me then," said that mildest of men, "If your Snark be a Snark, that is right: Fetch it home by all means - you may serve it with greens, And it's handy for striking a light. OF ALICE IN WONDERLAND Children three that nestle near, Long has paled that sunny sky: Still she haunts me, phantom-wise, Children yet, the tale to hear, In a Wonderland they lie, Ever drifting down the stream, |