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Title: The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home"

Author: Unknown

Release Date: December 13, 2007 [EBook #23847]

Language: English

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FRONTISPIECE.

[Illustration: "When lo! from the regions of air &c." p. 7.]

THE

PEACOCK AND PARROT,

_ON THEIR TOUR_

TO DISCOVER
THE AUTHOR OF
"THE PEACOCK AT HOME."

ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS.

London:
PRINTED FOR J. HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S.
1816.

H. Bryer, Printer, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London.

ADVERTISEMENT. [p 3]

The little Poem now presented to the Public, was intended for publication
immediately after the appearance of the "Peacock at Home," but from various
causes, was laid aside till now. In the opinion of the Publisher, however,
it is so nearly allied in point of merit to that celebrated Trifle, that he
is induced, although at this late period, to print it with a few
appropriate embellishments.

THE [p 5]
PEACOCK, &c.

Ye votaries of Fashion, who have it to boast,
That your names to posterity will not be lost;
That the last _Morning Chronicle_ due honor paid
To the still-blooming Dowager's gay Masquerade;
That the Minister's Dinner has blaz'd in _the Times_,
That the Countess's Gala has jingled in rhymes;
Oh! tell me, who would not end