RPO -- Lewis Carroll : Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat!

Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat!

" -- -- it was at the great concert given by the Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing

1`Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!

2How I wonder what you're at!'

You know the song, perhaps?"

"I've heard something like it," said Alice.

"It goes on, you know," the Hatter continued, "in this way: -- --

3`Up above the world you fly,

4Like a teatray in the sky.

5 Twinkle, twinkle --'"

Notes

1] This poem parodies Ann and Jane Taylor's "The Star" (1806).

Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.

Original text: Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1866): 103. [First American edition.] Brabant Carroll Collection C37 A44 1866 Fisher Rare Book Library.
First publication date: 1866
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1998.
Recent editing: 2:2002/1/9

Rhyme: aabb

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