And demeanour, as though they belong’d to the place?
Prince Eglantine Eagle, with lightning-like glare,
Threw a glance all around him to see who was there;
[p33] To the Pelican Princesses bent his head low,
As they proudly pass’d by with their bosoms of snow.
Duke Emu, too, gazed on the heart-cheering sight,
And Earl Hildebrand Harpy, so famous in fight;
While the figure that walk’d so erect, I suppose,
Was Sir Peregrine Penguin,—I judge by his nose.
Viscount Stork, as he strutted about, gave a beck