And whatever was curious went down in their books.
First, the fine Bird of paradise—every one knew it,
By its train thrice as long as the body that drew it.
Here Envy herself could do nothing but praise—
To the keen disappointment of Parrots, and Jays.
[13] ]Yet they peck’d at the Peacock:—“See how he assumes!
With his tail all astrut as he swims round the rooms!—
One would swear that his croup had been nick’d by the grooms.”
(Jay.) “That impudent Goose!—one may well understand her—
How close would I coop her, if I were the Gander!”—