I took my vorpal sword in hand,
Long time the manxome foe I sought-
So rested I by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought I stood,
The Jabberwocky, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
And through and through,
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
I left it dead, and with its head
I went galumphing back to my kingdom....