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150 ("That 's exactly the method," the Bellman bold
 * In a hasty parenthesis cried,

"That's exactly the way I have always been told
 * That the capture of Snarks should be tried!")

But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
 * If your Snark be a Boojum! For then

You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
 * And never be met with again!'

"It is this, it is this that oppresses my soul,
 * When I think of my uncle's last words:

And my heart is like nothing so much as a bowl
 * Brimming over with quivering curds!

"It is this, it is this—" "We have had that before!"
 * The Bellman indignantly said.

And the Baker replied "Let me say it once more.
 * It is this, it is this that I dread!

"I engage with the Snark—every night after dark—
 * In a dreamy delirious fight:

I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes.
 * And I use it for striking a light: