The Jubjub Bird

'The Jubjub bird', an illustration by JVL in Lewis Carroll's  The Hunting of the Snark, 

Artists' Choice Editions, 2006.

As to temper the Jubjub's a desperate bird,

Since it lives in perpetual passion:

Its taste in costume is entirely absurd -

It is ages ahead of the fashion.

But it knows any friend it has met once before:

It never will look at a bribe:

And in charity-meetings it stands at the door,

And collects - though it does not subscribe.