tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post5591338386692378352..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: poetry timeJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-58084087371356924852010-08-20T22:51:16.282-05:002010-08-20T22:51:16.282-05:00Es brillig war. Die schlichten Toven
Wirrten und w...Es brillig war. Die schlichten Toven<br />Wirrten und wimmelten in Waben;<br />Und aller-mümsige Burggoven<br />Die mohmen Räth' ausgraben.<br />»Bewahre doch vor Jammerwoch!<br />Die Zähne knirschen, Krallen kratzen!<br />Bewahr' vor Jubjub-Vogel, vor<br />Frumiösen Banderschnätzchen!«<br /><br />Er griff sein vorpals Schwertchen zu,<br />Er suchte lang das manchsam' Ding;<br />Dann, stehend unterm Tumtum Baum,<br />Er an-zu-denken-fing.<br /><br />Als stand er tief in Andacht auf,<br />Des Jammerwochen's Augen-feuer<br />Durch turgen Wald mit Wiffek kam<br />Ein burbelnd Ungeheuer!<br /><br />Eins, Zwei! Eins, Zwei! Und durch und durch<br />Sein vorpals Schwert zerschnifer-schnück,<br />Da blieb es todt! Er, Kopf in Hand,<br />Geläumfig zog zurück.<br /><br />»Und schlugst Du ja den Jammerwoch?<br />Umarme mich, mein Böhm'sches Kind!<br />O Freuden-Tag! O Halloo-Schlag!«<br />Er schortelt froh-gesinnt.<br /><br />Es brillig war. Die schlichten Toven<br />Wirrten und wimmelten in Waben;<br />Und aller-mümsige Burggoven<br />Die mohmen Räth' ausgraben.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-23413910449540502692010-08-19T06:29:30.073-05:002010-08-19T06:29:30.073-05:00always loved the poem, although the original illus...always loved the poem, although the original illustration was actually not the first one I saw, so for me a Jabberwock will always have a punk hairdo and ear-rings.Jarrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367493507081661713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-34568759735583662452010-08-19T00:18:27.124-05:002010-08-19T00:18:27.124-05:00Something about the words in the poem and that ori...Something about the words in the poem and that original illustration with the Jabberwocky floating along the woodland path used to scare the shit out of me as a child. Perhaps due to that combined look of extreme stupidity and snobby disdain on its face.Andrew Walternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-46814088482117449102010-08-18T16:58:32.034-05:002010-08-18T16:58:32.034-05:00Nice blog :thumbsup:Nice blog :thumbsup:Runescape Clanhttp://www.clanenvy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-51350183494340999472010-08-18T16:40:20.681-05:002010-08-18T16:40:20.681-05:00Obligatory reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...Obligatory reference: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGCJFFxoHJ4Settembrininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-78711586425012582462010-08-18T15:52:32.390-05:002010-08-18T15:52:32.390-05:00I memorized this poem when I was 13. I have a tend...I memorized this poem when I was 13. I have a tendency to recite it when I get drunk, causing me to slur the words - which always seems somehow appropriate.nextautumnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05201978755112508204noreply@blogger.com