* Elizabeth Barrett Browning, influential Victorian poet
** Lewis Carroll, composer of "Snark"
Whose hope's to hunt thee…? Liste'! I list their trades:
A
Bellman with his tinkling bell, his map
whereon where islands (yours!) should sit...? A gap.
A
Butcher, one adept with boner’s blades.
A Billiard marker of gynormous skill.
A
Broker...and a Barrister to boot.
A
Banker and a Beaver follow suit.
A
Hood and Bonnet maker ends my bill.
But, wait! A Boots and Baker sail as well.
Required
to hunt thee…? Ten plus two, ‘twould seem.
Yea! Five plus five supply an ideal team –
All
prompted by that Bellman’s bloody bell.
They’d hunt you, Snark. Your wildwood could run rouge –
Until
they'd heard the Baker's fading “...Boo-ooj…”
