The Hunting of the Snark, by Lewis Carroll

Mar 03, 2010 21:20

Meme from pandatini If you see this, post a poem in your own LJ today.

There was one who was famed for the number of things
He forgot when he entered the ship:
His umbrella, his watch, all his jewels and rings,
And the clothes he had bought for the trip.

He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,
With his name painted clearly on each:
But, since he omitted to mention the fact,
They were all left behind on the beach.

The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because
He had seven coats on when he came,
With three pairs of boots--but the worst of it was,
He had wholly forgotten his name.

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"That is not dead which can eternal lie,
and with strange aeons, even death may die."
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