In his helmet, and held up his head with the best;
While Fatima Pheasant, from China, display’d
Her Pekin pelisse of bright silver brocade.
Count Turkey expanded the finery that bound him,
And gabbled high Dutch to the people around him.
His Honour the Hawk loved a lark and a race,
So he hover’d about near the courts of the place.
Colonel Kite spoke of sporting—of young Ducks and Widgeons,
And plann’d a new pent-house for Ring-doves and Pigeons.
At the edge of the water, and hard by the sluice,