Lewis Carroll Hunting Poems

Fit the First
THE LANDING

'Just the place for a Snark!' the Bellman cried,
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The Vanishing

They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
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The Beaver's Lesson

They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
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The Landing

"Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
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The Bellman's Speech

The Bellman himself they all praised to the skies--
Such a carriage, such ease and such grace!
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The Hunting


The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow.
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The Banker's Fate

They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
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PREFACE

If---and the thing is wildly possible---the charge of writing
nonsense were ever brought against the author of this brief but
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The Barrister's Dream

They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
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The Baker's Tale

They roused him with muffins--they roused him with ice--
They roused him with mustard and cress--
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