The Walrus, The Carpenter and the Little Oystersdetails

The Walrus and the Carpenter

    Walked on a mile or so,

And then they rested on a rock

       Conveniently low:

And all the little Oysters stood

       And waited in a row.

‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said,

       1To talk of many things:

Of shoes – and ships – and sealing wax –

       Of cabbages – and kings –

And why the sea is boiling hot –

       And whether pigs have wings.’