He thought he saw an Albatross ย ย That fluttered round the lamp: He looked again, and found it was ย ย A Penny-Postage Stamp. ""You'd best be getting home,"" he said: ย ย ""The nights are very damp!"" ... He thought he saw an Argument ย ย That proved he was the Pope: He looked again, and found it was ย ย A Bar of Mottled Soap. ""A fact so dread,"" he faintly said, ย ย ""Extinguishes all hope!"" Lewis Carroll, The Mad Gardener's Song