"Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:

The crew was complete: it included a Boots--

A Billiard-maker, whose skill was immense,

There was also a Beaver, that paced on the deck,

There was one who was famed for the number of things

He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,

The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because

He would answer to "Hi!" or to any loud cry,

While, for those who preferred a more forcible word,

"His form in ungainly--his intellect small--"

He would joke with hyenas, returning their stare

He came as a Baker: but owned, when too late--

The last of the crew needs especial remark,

He came as a Butcher: but gravely declared,

But at length he explained, in a tremulous tone,

The Beaver, who happened to hear the remark,

It strongly advised that the Butcher should be

Navigation was always a difficult art,

The Beaver's best course was, no doubt, to procure

This the Banker suggested, and offered for hire

Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day,