Peacock, pheasant, swan, and “all tribes beside of Indian name,” says the poet, contributed plumage of—
“... splendour ever new,
Safe with protecting Montagu.”
To “her court,” thus decorated, resorted genius, wit, philosophy, learning, and fancy:
“All these to Montagu’s repair,
Ambitious of a shelter there.
She thus maintains divided sway,
With yon bright regent of the day;
The plume and poet both, we know,
Their lustre to his influence owe;