Lewis Carroll Poems

The Vanishing

They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
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I'll tell thee everything I can;
There's little to relate.
I saw an aged aged man,
A-sitting on a gate.
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Blow, blow your trumpets till they crack,
Ye little men of little souls!
And bid them huddle at your back -
Gold-sucking leeches, shoals on shoals!
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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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A boat, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July
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A short direction
To avoid dejection,
By variations
In occupations,
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"Are you deaf, Father William!" the young man said,
"Did you hear what I told you just now?
"Excuse me for shouting! Don't waggle your head
"Like a blundering, sleepy old cow!
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The day was wet, the rain fell souse
Like jars of strawberry jam, a
sound was heard in the old henhouse,
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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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