He is waving his hands, he is wagging his head,

He has certainly found the—Snark!"

We gazed in delight, whilst a Bo'sun exclaimed—

(Your Bo'sun is always a wag!)—

"In the East there's a wision, a mirage it's named!

That the Snark? Put yer head in a bag!"

Then Admiral TRYON he ramped like a lion,

In prospect of splendid success.

But the Snark, with a spasm, plunged in a sea chasm;

Of SEYMOUR one couldn't see less.