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• You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fa
  Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door -- Pray what is the reason of that?...
• You are old, father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white
  And yet you incessantly stand on your head -- Do you think, at your age, it is right?...
• You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as eve
  Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose -- What made you so awfully clever?...
• You are old," said the youth, "and I'm told by my peers That your lectures bore people to death.
  Yet you talk at one hundred conventions per year -- Don't you think that you should save your breath?...
• Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail.
  See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!...
• The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. "Where shall I begin, please your Majesty ?
  he asked. "Begin at the beginning,", the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end...
• You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than sue
  Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak -- Pray, how did you manage to do it?...
• But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free, Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word
  And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be....
• He was part of my dream, of course -- but then I was part of his dream too. -- Lewis Carroll