The Peacock 'At Home' AND The Butterfly's Ball AND The Fancy Fair

By William Roscoe and Catherine Ann Turner Dorset

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• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Aug 1, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547121695

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William Roscoe, Catherine Ann Turner Dorset

The Peacock 'At Home' AND The Butterfly's Ball AND The Fancy Fair

EAN 8596547121695

DigiCat, 2022

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[p 3 ] THE PEACOCK AT HOME.

THE BUTTERFLY’S BALL; AN ORIGINAL POEM.

THE FANCY FAIR; OR, GRAND GALA AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

[p 5 ] THE PEACOCK AT HOME. BY A LADY.

[p 21 ] THE BUTTERFLY’S BALL, AND THE GRASSHOPPER’S FEAST. By Mr. ROSCOE .

[p 24 ] THE FANCY FAIR; OR, GRAND GALA OF THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

[p3] THE

PEACOCK AT HOME.

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BY A LADY.

TWENTY-THIRD EDITION.

THE BUTTERFLY’S BALL;

AN ORIGINAL POEM.

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BY MR. ROSCOE.

AND

THE FANCY FAIR;

OR,

GRAND GALA AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

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LONDON:

GRANT AND GRIFFITH,

SUCCESSORS TO

J. HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD.

[p4] LONDON:

Printed by S.& J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley

Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

[p5] THE

PEACOCK AT HOME.

BY A LADY.

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The Butterfly’s Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feasts

Excited the spleen of the Birds and the Beasts:

For their mirth and good cheer—of the Bee was the theme,

And the Gnat blew his horn, as he danced in the beam;

’Twas humm’d by the Beetle, ’twas buzz’d by the Fly,

And sung by the myriads that sport through the sky.

The Quadrupeds listen’d with sullen displeasure,

But the tenants of Air were enraged beyond measure.

The Peacock display’d his bright plumes to the Sun,

And, addressing his Mates, thus indignant begun:

[p6]

"Shall we, like domestic, inelegant Fowls,

As unpolish’d as Geese, and as stupid as Owls,

Sit tamely at