THE CROCODILE
by: Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
 OW doth
the little crocodile
- Improve his shining tail,
- And pour the waters of the Nile
- On every golden scale!
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- How cheerfully he seems to grin!
- How neatly spread his claws,
- And welcomes little fishes in
- With gently smiling jaws!
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"The Crocodile" is reprinted
from The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems and Verses.
Lewis Carroll. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. |
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