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Next, then, the peacock, gilt / With all its feathers. Look, what gorgeous dyes / Flow in the eyes!
And how deep, lustrous greens are splashed and spilt / Along the back, that like a sea-wave's crest / Scatters soft beauty o'er th' emblazoned breast!