Jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll
1832 to 1898
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’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
left it dead, and with its head
He went back.
“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
He chortled in his joy.
’Twas brillig, and the toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.