the_hunting_of_the_snark Blake loves Lewis Carroll "A dear uncle of mine (after whom I was naed) Remarked when I bade him farewell-" "Oh, skip your dear uncle!" the Bellman exclaimed, As he angrily tingled his bell. "He remerked to me then," said that mildest of men, "'If your Snark be a Snark, that is right: Fetch it home by all means - you may serve it with greens And its handy for striking a light. "'You may seek it with thimbles - and seek it with care- You may hunt it with forks and hope; You may threaten its life witha railwau-share; You may charm it with smiles and soap-'" ("Thats exactly the meathod," the Bellman bold In a hasty parenthesis cried, "thats exactly the way I have always been told That the capture of Snarks should be tried!") "'But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, If your Snark be a Boojum! For then You will softly and suddenly vanish away, And never be met with again!" 020825 what's it to you? who go blather from