Acrostic: "Are you deaf Father William?" E-book

                                      1876
                   ACROSTIC: "ARE YOU DEAF, FATHER WILLIAM?"

                                by Lewis Carroll









Electronically Enhanced Text (c) Copyright 1996, World Library(R)



      ACROSTIC: "ARE YOU DEAF, FATHER WILLIAM?"
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       "ARE you deaf, Father William!" the young man said,
       "Did you hear what I told you just now?
       "Excuse me for shouting! Don't waggle your head
       "Like a blundering, sleepy old cow!
       "A little maid dwelling in Wallington Town,
       "Is my friend, so I beg to remark:
       "Do you think she'd be pleased if a book were sent down
       "Entitled 'The Hunt of the Snark?'"
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       "Pack it up in brown paper!" the old man cried,
       "And seal it with olive-and-dove.
       "I command you to do it!" he added with pride,
       "Nor forget, my good fellow, to send her beside
       "Easter Greetings, and give her my love."
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       1876.
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