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6 Literary Gazette, 25th January, 1823, Pages 60

CUPID RIDING A PEACOCK. All the colours glistening On the rainbow of the spring, Mingled with the deeper hue Of the grass green emerald too, Are upon that bird, whose neck Crimson wreaths of roses deck,— Mounted by a Boy, whose lip Is such as the bee would sip For the first rosebud in May. Love, upon a summer day, Bade the Graces link a chain Of sweet flowers, for a rein Round the peacock's glorious wing. Forth he rode; then, like the king Of bright colours, smiles, and blooms, Sunny darts and golden plumes. Oh this is not that sweet love Own companion to the dove; But a wild and wandering thing, Varying as the lights that fling Radiance o'er his peacock's wing. I do weep, that Love should be Ever linked with Vanity.