Brilliant!
‘Twas feckish, and the irkly grobes
Did fark and fistle in the slade;
All dingly were the rectiprobes
And the dampnuts updrade.
“Beware the Trumplewock, my friend!
The bigly mouth, those puny mitts!
Beware the Tweet bird, and off-fend
The cronious Perkletits!”
She packed her poisal voice and went:
Fat chance the vapid imp she’d spare—
So quivered he ‘neath his Cheato tree,
And feebly cried, “Unfair!”
And, as the greelish light grew pale,
The Trumplewock, with wits of wood,
Came grabbling through the femly vale
Because he thought he could!
Eins, zwei! Eins, zwei! And quick as pie
The poisal voice sliced fierce and true:
“Go flay yourself, you mawkish elf,
And burn the residue!”
The Trumplewock would rue the day
He left his diddlepot of lack.
The frankish words would haunt him ‘til
He went galumphing back.
‘Twas feckish, and the irkly grobes
Did fark and fistle in…
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Thanks for sharing this. It’s a riot. (I once tried to memorize the original back when I taught poetry to seventh graders. It’s dear to my heart.)
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I had a boyfriend who could recite it by heart.
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Impressive! I only got the first stanza memorized but I still remember it after 30 years. The Walrus and the Carpenter is another Carroll favorite of mine. Thanks so much for sharing this post. I reposted too. 🙂
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The boyfriend was kind of a dud, but he did have an impressive memory!
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