O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade And dusk anana's prickly blade ; While o'er the brake, so wild and fair, The betel waves his crest in air. With pendant train and rushing wings, Aloft the gorgeous peacock springs ; And he, the bird of hundred dyes,... Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From Calcutta ... - Page 177 by Reginald Heber - 1828 Full view -
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