| They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care
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| They pursued it with forks and hope
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| They threatened its life with a railway-share
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| They charmed it with smiles and soap and shit
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| i need it to
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| But the Barrister, weary of proving in vain
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| That the Beaver’s lace-making was wrong
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| Fell asleep, and in dreams saw the creature quite plain
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| That his fancy had dwelt on so long.
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| He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court
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| Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye
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| Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a pig
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| On the charge of deserting its sty.
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| The Witnesses proved, without error or flaw
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| That the sty was deserted when found:
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| And the Judge kept explaining the state of the law
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| In a soft under-current of sound.
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| The indictment had never been clearly expressed
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| And it seemed that the Snark had begun
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| And had spoken three hours, before any one guessed
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| What the pig was supposed to have done.
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| He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court
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| Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye
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| Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a friend
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| On the charge of deserting its sty.
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| The Jury had each formed a different view
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| (Long before the indictment was read)
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| And they all spoke at once, so that none of them knew
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| One word that the other had said.
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| And the Judge kept explaining the state of the law
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| In a soft under-current of sound.
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| In a soft under-current of sound.
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| In a soft under-current of sound.
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| He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court
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| Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye
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| Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a friend
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| On the charge of deserting its sty.
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| He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court
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| Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye
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| Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a friend
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| On the charge of deserting its sty.
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| He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court
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| Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye
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| Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a friend
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| On the charge of deserting his sty.
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| He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court, where the Snark
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| with a glass in its eye, dressed in gown, bands, and wig
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| was defending a friend on the charge of deserting his sty.
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| He dreamed
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| that he stood in a shadowy Court
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| where the Snark, with a glass in its eye
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| Dressed in gown, bands, and wig
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| was defending a friend. |