Catherine Ann Turner Dorset

“ And now their great Monarch, who quitted his seat,
With an air of true majesty said, “I entreat,
As he fears my displeasure, that every creature,
Will to-night lay aside all that’s bad in his nature.
You have heard with what harmony Birds can retire,
And their conduct in this respect all must admire.
In the feather’d race here an example we find,
Far better than that which is set by Mankind.
How oft have their galas a tragical end,
One loses a mistress, another a friend—
The wife of a third has elop’d from a ball,
A fourth the next day in a duel must fall. ”

“ Were too mean for my notice, as King of the beasts;
Now the Peacock has chosen to give a fine rout,
Which is heard of so much, is so blazon’d about,
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Has excited such rapture, and warm approbation,
As threatens the rank which we hold in creation.
Then with diligence, love, for my banquet prepare,
And mind all the beasts of the forest are there. ”

“ Price One Shilling plain, and Eighteen-pence coloured.
It is unnecessary for the Publisher to say any thing more of the above little productions, than that they have been purchased with avidity, and read with satisfaction, by persons in all ranks of life: he has only to hope that the present Production will be equally acceptable. ”