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 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 a while 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!
Oh 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.  

i had to post this poem, my godmother use to recite it to me all the time... it is not my poem it is by Lewis Carroll

Reviews

[Mauricio Montoya]

Nice work.Thank you for sharing.

[Cassiopia Summers]

I really like this. (: Thanks for posting it. I really enjoyed it.

[David W Moore III]

Funny, I have a poem posted here called Jabberwocky, that borrows a tiny bit from this piece. Lewis Carroll was a demented genius!

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well he was a genius..thanks for sharing

[Dream Weaver]

TWO THUMBS UP!!! "Lewis Carroll"

[{K}]

Something hilarious; I memorized every stanza of this poem! Seriously, I can recite the entire thing at the drop of a hat. It makes me feel accomplished :)

[Courtney]

This is amazing(:

[MuSe Ampoule]

Never heard of this poem. Lewis Carroll is/was amazing! Thanks for sharing!!!

[♥SunkissAngel♥]

I love it it is such a great poem..

~SK

[silver threaded queen]

My russian grandmother used to read this to me when I was very little, thank you I could never remember the name of it and neither could any of my family. We found it copied down in a journal, but the name of it was not there. The words would always make me smile, it still does.