"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?'" "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."