Ofen was the German name for Buda, the capital of Hungary until it merged with Pest in the late 19th Century.
Fit the Third
THE BAKER'S TALE
They roused him with mustard and cress--
They set him conundrums to guess.
When at length he sat up and was able to speak,
And the Bellman cried "Silence! Not even.html">even a shriek!"
Scarcely even a howl or a groan,
In an antediluvian tone.
"My father and mother were honest, though poor--"
"If it once becomes dark, there's no chance of a Snark--
"And proceed without further remark
To help you in hunting the Snark.
"A dear uncle of mine (after whom I was named)
"Oh, skip your dear uncle!" the Bellman exclaimed,
" 'If your Snark be a Snark, that is right:
And it's handy for striking a light.html">light.
" 'You may.html">may seek it with thimbles--and seek it with care;
You may threaten its life with a railway-share;
In a hasty parenthesis cried,
That the capture of Snarks should be tried!")
" 'But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
When I think of my uncle's last words:
Brimming over with quivering curds!
"It is this, it is this--" "We have had that before!"
And the Baker replied "Let me say it once more.
In a dreamy delirious fight:
And I use it for striking a light:
"But if ever I meet with a Boojum, that day,
I shall softly and suddenly vanish away--
The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow.
It's excessively awkward to mention it now,
If you never were met with again--
You might have suggested it then?
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