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

Author: Catherine Ann Dorset
(William) Roscoe

Release Date: November 30, 2007 [EBook #23665]

Language: English

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THE
PEACOCK "AT HOME."

BY A LADY.

TWENTY-THIRD EDITION.

THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL;
AN ORIGINAL POEM.

BY MR. ROSCOE.

AND

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

LONDON:
GRANT AND GRIFFITH,
SUCCESSORS TO
J. HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

LONDON:
Printed by S. & J. Bentley, Wilson, and Fley
Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

THE
PEACOCK "AT HOME."

BY A LADY.

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:

[Illustration]

"Shall we, like domestic, inelegant Fowls,
As unpolish'd as Geese, and as stupid as Owls,
Sit t