A peacock of his feathers vain
- DMI number:
- 30302
- First Line:
- A peacock of his feathers vain
- Last Line:
- I like an eagle mount the sky
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Fable
- Themes:
- Advice / moral precepts
- Author:
- Edmund Arwaker
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Probable variant of 'Fable XLIII. The Peacock and Crane'. Select Fables (1708), I: 61-62.
- First Line:
- A peacock of his feathers vain
- Last Line:
- I like the eagle mount the sky
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Select tales and fables with prudential maxims in prose and verse [vol II] [N67747] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- Fable XXIX. The Peacock and Crane.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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