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Poetrie: Jabberwocky

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'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 went snicker-snack!
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!
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.
--Lewis Carroll
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7 months ago reesetee said:

Gibberish in many languages--excellent! Thanks, sionnach.

7 months ago sionnach said:

For a variety of translations, including Choctaw, Klingon, Latin, and Esperanto, try this site:

foreign slithy toves

11 months ago reesetee said:

Oh, and by the way--you missed a spot. ;-)

11 months ago chained_bear said:

Apparently I *am* compulsive. Thanks for pointing that out. Again.

11 months ago oroboros said:

Happened to notice there's still one more borogrove to change: last stanza...if you're compulsive. :o)

11 months ago chained_bear said:

Whoops. Well, I guess that happens when you're typing from memory... from twenty-five years ago...

about 1 year ago oroboros said:

Whoops! Borogoves, not borogroves!

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

Good ones to memorize, nobody!

about 1 year ago nobody said:

Hehe. I have this poem memorized. Same with "The Bells" and "Dover Beach".

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

Yay! At last, Jabberwocky in full! I find new ways to be delighted every time I read this poem. :-)

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