Ahhh... Sounded a lot like FW. I've read
Alice in Wonderland a couple time, but never
Behind the Looking-Glass." I'll check out the link also. Thanks!
Renoir
>>BTW, is your sig quoted from
Finnigan's Wake? I actually got about a third of the way through it before giving up. Always meant to go back and try again...
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>Poem Jabberwocky, book "Behind the Looking-Glass" (continuation of Alice in Wonderland), by Charles Doggson (alias Lewis Carol). You can find the poem, and an explanation by Humpty-Dumpty, at
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/poems/carroll6.html.
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>I also highly recommend "The hunting of the Snark", which is linked from there. "...You will softly and suddenly vanish away, and never be met with again!" It is a long poem, though; 564 lines; it is a lot of fun reading.
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>There are a few other, shorter poems, mainly from Alice in Wonderland.
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>1 "You are old, father William," the young man said,
>2 "And your hair has become very white;
>3 And yet you incessantly stand on your head --
>4 Do you think, at your age, it is right?"
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>Of course, if you could read the complete books, that would be even better. Very fun reading, both
Alice in Wonderland and
Behind the Looking-Glass.
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>Hilmar.
