Lewis Carroll Poems

" -- -- it was at the great concert given by the
Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing
`Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!'You know the song, perhaps?" "I've heard something like it," said Alice. "It goes on, you know," the Hatter continued,
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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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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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"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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I'll tell thee everything I can;
There's little to relate,
I saw an aged, aged man,
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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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