tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post8477081108548996902..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: Mythical JAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-28551866381779613382019-10-23T01:20:25.567-04:002019-10-23T01:20:25.567-04:00It appears like the Jub Jub Bird is carrying...It appears like the Jub Jub Bird is carrying a package of some kindBird of Paradisenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-21757688410162283932019-04-02T15:43:03.454-04:002019-04-02T15:43:03.454-04:00325 He thought of his childhood, left far far b...325 He thought of his childhood, left far far behind—<br />326 That blissful and innocent state—<br />327 The sound so exactly recalled to his mind<br />328 A pencil that squeaks on a slate!goetzklugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907498492035114572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-25846203763664683842019-04-02T09:47:08.000-04:002019-04-02T09:47:08.000-04:00We do also know from "The Hunting of the Snar...We do also know from "The Hunting of the Snark" that its cry sounds like chalk squeaking on slate.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-81517082139556845872016-03-15T00:54:13.687-04:002016-03-15T00:54:13.687-04:00... and/or "clocks" ...... and/or "clocks" ...goetzklugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907498492035114572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-71006097871225881212016-03-12T16:46:15.558-05:002016-03-12T16:46:15.558-05:00381 “As to temper the Jubjub’s a desperate bird,
...381 “As to temper the Jubjub’s a desperate bird,<br />382 Since it lives in perpetual passion:<br />383 Its taste in costume is entirely absurd—<br />384 It is ages ahead of the fashion:<br /><br />385 “But it knows any friend it has met once before:<br />386 It never will look at a bribe:<br />387 And in charity-meetings it stands at the door,<br />388 And collects—though it does not subscribe.<br /><br />389 “ Its flavour when cooked is more exquisite far<br />390 Than mutton, or oysters, or eggs:<br />391 (Some think it keeps best in an ivory jar,<br />392 And some, in mahogany kegs:)<br /><br />393 “You boil it in sawdust: you salt it in glue:<br />394 You condense it with locusts and tape:<br />395 Still keeping one principal object in view—<br />396 To preserve its symmetrical shape.”<br /><br />As for the Jubjub in "The Hunting of the Snark", I think that this is a riddle about "time" ant/or "clocks": See page 3 in <a href="" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/9970930/Hunting_Snark_with_Charles_Darwin</a>goetzklugehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907498492035114572noreply@blogger.com