The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home"

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Mar 16, 2020
• ISBN: 4064066104894

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The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of The Peacock At Home

Published by Good Press, 2020

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PEACOCK, &c.

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YE votaries of Fashion, who have it to boast,

That your names to posterity will not be lost;

That the last Morning Chronicle due honor paid

To the still-blooming Dowager’s gay Masquerade;

That the Minister’s Dinner has blaz’d in the Times,

That the Countess’s Gala has jingled in rhymes;

Oh! tell me, who would not endeavour to please,

And exert ev’ry nerve, for rewards such as these?

6 It was early in Spring—but no matter what year,

That the Peacock, delighting in noise, and good cheer,

Determin’d, for dear notoriety’s sake,

A dash in the whirlpool of Fashion to make.

A Concert and Ball, their attractions united,

To which the Beau-Monde were politely invited.

Away they all flew, it