. The peacock "at home" : a sequel to The butterfly's ball . groundsel and chick-weed servd up in a Razor-Bill carvd for the famishing group,And the Spoon-Bill obligingly ladled the soup;So they filld all their crops with the dainties before em,And the tables were cjearM with the utmost they gaily hadcarolld till peep of the dawn,The Lark gently hinted, twas time to be gone ;And his clarion, so shrill, gave the company warning,That Chanticleer scented the gales of the they chirpd, in full chorus, a friendly adieu ;And, with hearts beating light as the plumage

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. The peacock "at home" : a sequel to The butterfly's ball . groundsel and chick-weed servd up in a Razor-Bill carvd for the famishing group,And the Spoon-Bill obligingly ladled the soup;So they filld all their crops with the dainties before em,And the tables were cjearM with the utmost they gaily hadcarolld till peep of the dawn,The Lark gently hinted, twas time to be gone ;And his clarion, so shrill, gave the company warning,That Chanticleer scented the gales of the they chirpd, in full chorus, a friendly adieu ;And, with hearts beating light as the plumage that grewOn their merry-thought bosoms, away they all flew.,... 16 Then long live the Peacock, in splendour unmatchd,Whose Ball shall be talkd of, by Birds yet unhatchd :His praise let the Trumpeter* loudly proclaim,And the Goose lend her quill to transmit it to Fame. * The Agami, or Trumpeter, a native of America, remarkable for» singular noise, resembling the instrument from which it takes it;name. THE END. H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blacktriao.

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