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 snatch, 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.
Then 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 whuffling through the tulgey wood,
and burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
the vorpal blade went snicker-snak!
He left it dead, and with its head,
he went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh, frabjous day! Calloo! 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.
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