" Are you deaf, Father William? " the young man said,
" Did you hear what I told you just now?
" Excuse me for shouting! Don't waggle your head
" Like a blundering, sleepy old cow!
" A little maid dwelling in Wallington Town,
" Is my friend, so I beg to remark:
" Do you think she'd be pleased if a book were sent down
" Entitled " The Hunt of the Snark?" "

" Pack it up in brown paper! " the old man cried,
" And seal it with olive-and-dove.
" I command you to do it! " he added with pride,
" Nor forget, my good fellow, to send her beside
" Easter Greetings, and give her my love. "