"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll

"’Twas 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;

      Long time the manxome foe he sought—

So rested he by the Tumtum tree

      And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,

      The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

      And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through

      The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

      He went galumphing back.

“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

      Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”

      He chortled in his joy.

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

All mimsy were the borogoves,

      And the mome raths outgrabe."

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Posted by Mary on August 19, 2016, 4:56 am, in reply to ""Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll"

Thanks. I love that poem. This is Alice's grave. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/News/12978209.Real_life_Alice_in_Wonderland_s_Hampshire_grave_to_be_restored_to_mark_book_s_150th_anniversary/ I was born in Lyndhurst and was christened in the same church. Lewis Carroll's grave is in a quiet beautiful cemetery at the Mount, at the start of the Hog's Back. When I am out with my dog I often walk round it, reading the inscriptions and admiring the wild flowers and appreciating the tranquility. Some photos on here. It is a strange American site. Over 400 'messages' are there addressing him. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2213 " From thread; ""Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll  on "The Lifeboat News" membersboard forum, go to: http://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/msg/1471579013.html