"If your Snark be a Snark, that is right:
Fetch it home
by all means—you may serve it with greens,
And it’s handy for striking a light.
You may
seek it with thimbles—and seek it with care;
You may hunt it with
forks and hope;
You may threaten its life with a railway-share;
You may charm it with smiles and soap—”