- "They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
- They pursued it with forks and hope;
- They threatened its life with a railway-share;
- They charmed it with smiles and soap."
The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1874, when he was 42 years old. It describes "with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature".
The Narrator : Alan Bennett
The Bellman : Paul Daneman
The Baker : David Collings
The Butcher : David King
The Snark : Peter Penry-Jones
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 4th May 1992
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/c/carroll/lewis/snark/
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