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And with senseless grimaces endeavored to say



     What his tongue could no longer express。







Down he sank in a chairran his hands through his hair



     And chanted in mimsiest tones



Words whose utter inanity proved his insanity;



     While he rattled a couple of bones。







〃Leave him here to his fateit is getting so late!〃



     The Bellman exclaimed in a fright。



〃We have lost half the day。  Any further delay;



     And we sha'nt catch a Snark before night!〃















                 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 himtheir Bakertheir 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 stung by a spasm) plunge into a chasm;



     While they waited and listened in awe。







〃It's a Snark!〃 was the sound that first came to their ears;



     And seemed almost too good to be true。



Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers:



     Then the ominous words 〃It's a Boo…〃







Then; silence。  Some fancied they heard in the air



     A weary and wandering sigh



Then sounded like 〃…jum!〃 but the others declare



     It was only a breeze that went by。







They hunted till darkness came on; but they found



     Not a button; or feather; or mark;



By which they could tell that they stood on the ground



     Where the Baker had met with the Snark。







In the midst of the word he was trying to say;



     In the midst of his laughter and glee;



He had softly and suddenly vanished away…



     For the Snark *was* a Boojum; you see。















              THE END





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