1876                                  
                   ACROSTIC: "ARE YOU DEAF, FATHER WILLIAM?"                
                                                                            
                                by Lewis Carroll                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
         
                                                                            
      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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