Group: 42

· · · · 021· · There was one who was famed for the number of things
· · · · 022· · · · He forgot when he entered the ship:
· · · · 023· · His umbrella, his watch, all his jewels and rings,
· · · · 024· · · · And the clothes he had bought for the trip.

· · · · 025· · He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,
· · · · 026· · · · With his name painted clearly on each:
· · · · 027· · But, since he omitted to mention the fact,
· · · · 028· · · · They were all left behind on the beach.

· · · · 029· · The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because
· · · · 030· · · · He had seven coats on when he came,
· · · · 031· · With three pairs of boots--but the worst of it was,
· · · · 032· · · · He had wholly forgotten his name.

· · · · 033· · He would answer to "Hi!" or to any loud cry,
· · · · 034· · · · Such as "Fry me!" or "Fritter my wig!"
· · · · 035· · To "What-you-may-call-um!" or "What-was-his-name!"
· · · · 036· · · · But especially "Thing-um-a-jig!"

· · · · 037· · While, for those who preferred a more forcible word,
· · · · 038· · · · He had different names from these:
· · · · 039· · His intimate friends called him "Candle-ends,"
· · · · 040· · · · And his enemies "Toasted-cheese."

· · · · 041· · "His form is ungainly--his intellect small--"
· · · · 042· · · · (So the Bellman would often remark)
· · · · 043· · "But his courage is perfect! And that, after all,
· · · · 044· · · · Is the thing that one needs with a Snark."

· · · · 045· · He would joke with hyenas, returning their stare
· · · · 046· · · · With an impudent wag of the head:
· · · · 047· · And he once went a walk, paw-in-paw, with a bear,
· · · · 048· · · · "Just to keep up its spirits," he said.

Source: Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark