Lewis Carroll

THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
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Fit the Eighth
THE VANISHING

 They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
 They pursued it with forks and hope;
 They threatened its life with a railway-share;
 They charmed it with smiles and soap.
 
 They shuddered to think that the chase might fail,
 And the Beaver, excited at last,
 Went bounding along on the tip of its tail,
 For the daylight was nearly past.
 
 "There is Thingumbob shouting!" the Bellman said,
 "He is shouting like mad, only hark!
 He is waving his hands, he is wagging his head,
 He has certainly found a Snark!"
 
 They gazed in delight, while the Butcher exclaimed
 "He was always a desperate wag!"
 They beheld him—their Baker—their hero unnamed—
 On the top of a neighboring crag.
 
 Erect and sublime, for one moment of time.
 In the next, that wild figure they saw
 (As if (...)
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