Thursday, September 29, 2011

i love this one

Jabberwocky  by Lewis Carroll


Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought--
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
 And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two!  And through and through
The vorpal blade wnet snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day!  Callooh!  Callay!
He chortled in his joy.

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

4 comments:

The Absolute Marxist said...

One of the few poems I've committed to memory...

you left out...(following beamish boy)

Oh frubjious day,
callou, callay, he chortled in his joy. ;)

sue hanes said...

AM - I've already corrected that.

Thanks for bringing to my attention.

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Wow? You know Jabberwocky by heart? Can you do the dance as good as Johnny Depp in AIW?

Do you go around reciting the Jabberwocky to people?

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I just recently mastered the 'to thine own self be true' quote from Hamlet.

Speedy G said...

Do you go around reciting the Jabberwocky to people?

Only those who leave out portions of verse. ;)

And no, I don't futterwacken... but I do Goo Goo G'Joob.

sue hanes said...

Legion - Anyone who can bring a smile to my face when I need it
most is ok in my book.