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قراءة كتاب The Peacock 'At Home' AND The Butterfly's Ball AND The Fancy Fair
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The Peacock 'At Home' AND The Butterfly's Ball AND The Fancy Fair
الصفحة رقم: 8
to “the Times;”
As a laughing-stock thus to the rest of the land.
When the Fair was concluded, and all the gay throng
Had abandon’d the feast and the dance and the song,
In quest of a calmer enjoyment to roam,
For “Home,” after every enjoyment, “is Home!”
The Trees toss’d their heads ’tween the earth and the heavens,
And the Birds and the Beasts were at sixes and sevens.
But amid the confusion, the hubbub, and din,
All remember’d the proverb, “They laugh most who win!”
This was certainly true at the famed Fancy Fair;
Mr. Cross2 was, they say, the most pleasant man there.
Let us hope, then, his genius was happily led
To allay the rude storm that hung over his head;—
That the future his spirited plans will repay
Through many a gladsome and prosperous day;
Make true the old saw, “All is well that well ends,”
And Bipeds and Quadrupeds once more be friends.
1. The skeleton of the Giraffe was exhibited in the Gardens on this occasion.
2. The late spirited proprietor of the Surrey Zoological Gardens.
THE END.