Fit the Fourth - The Hunting
"We should all of us grieve, as you well may believe,
"It's excessively awkward to mention it now--
"You may charge me with murder--or want of sense--
"I said it in Hebrew--I said it in Dutch--
"'Tis a pitiful tale," said the Bellman, whose face
"The rest of my speech" (he explained to his men)
"To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care;
"For the Snark's a peculiar creature, that won't
"For England expects--I forbear to proceed:
Then the Banker endorsed a blank check (which he crossed),
The Boots and the Broker were sharpening a spade--
Though the Barrister tried to appeal to its pride,
The maker of Bonnets ferociously planned
But the Butcher turned nervous, and dressed himself fine,
"Introduce me, now there's a good fellow," he said,
The Beaver went simply galumphing about,
"Be a man!" said the Bellman in wrath, as he heard