[p9] He made for the Robin a doublet of red,
And a new velvet cap for the Goldfinch’s head;
He added a plume to the Wren’s golden crest,[3]
And spangled with silver the Guinea-Fowl’s breast;
While the Halcyon[4] bent over the streamlet to view
How pretty she looked in her bodice of blue!
Thus adorn’d, they set off for the Peacock’s abode,
With the guide Indicator,[5] who show’d them the road:
From all points of the compass flock’d birds of all feather,