‘’Tis the voice of the Lobster; I heard him declare,
“You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.” 🔊
As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose
Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes.’ 🔊
When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark,
And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark, 🔊
But, when the tide rises and sharks are around,
His voice has a timid and tremulous sound. 🔊
‘That’s different from what I used to say when I was a child,’ said the
Gryphon. 🔊
‘Well, I never heard it before,’ said the Mock Turtle; ‘but it sounds