the hunting of the snark

"Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it t...

He came as a Baker: but owned, when too late — And it drove the poor Bellman half-mad — He could only bake Bridecake — for which, I may st...

Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day, Whenever the Butcher was by, The Beaver kept looking the opposite way, And ap...

They roused him with muffins — they roused him with ice — They roused him with mustard and cress — They roused him with jam and judicious ad...

"For the Snark’s a peculiar creature, that won’t Be caught in a commonplace way. Do all that you know, and try all that you don’t: Not ...

He was thoughtful and grave — but the orders he gave Were enough to bewilder a crew. When he cried "Steer to starboard, but keep her he...

"Let us take them in order. The first is the taste, Which is meager and hollow, but crisp: Like a coat that is rather too tight in the...

"We have sailed many months, we have sailed many weeks, (Four weeks to the month you may mark), But never as yet ('tis your Captain...

But the principal failing occurred in the sailing, And the Bellman, perplexed and distressed, Said he had hoped, at least, when the wind ble...

" 'You may seek it with thimbles — and seek it with care; You may hunt it with forks and hope; You may threaten its life with a rai...

In a world without words, only the small-minded will be tongue-tied. Although our gallant crew aboard the HMS Snark is none of the above, ...

"To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care; To pursue it with forks and hope; To threaten its life with a railway-share; To charm ...

"The fourth is its fondness for bathing-machines, Which it constantly carries about, And believes that they add to the beauty of scenes...

When at length he sat up and was able to speak, His sad story he offered to tell; And the Bellman cried "Silence! Not even a shriek!...

“Introduce me, now there’s a good fellow,” he said, “If we happen to meet it together!” And the Bellman, sagaciously nodding his head, Said ...

“Taking Three as the subject to reason about — A convenient number to state— We add Seven, and Ten, and then multiply out By One...