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THE PEACOCK FEATHERS by NATHALIA CRANE

First Line: I WENT FORTH IN THE MORNING
Last Line: ALL OF THE PEACOCK'S TAIL.
Subject(s): BIRDS; FEATHERS; PEACOCKS;
I went forth in the morning,
Down to the ten-cent store,
Found them arranging feathers --
Plumes that the peacock wore.

Found them parading wonders --
Never so great a crime --
Selling the peacock's feathers,
Two for a single dime.

Straight from the stands I drew them,
Even the broken ones,
Cheers from the paper flowers,
Smiles from the pasteboard nuns.

Only five words I uttered --
Thus do the gods prevail --
Walked off with forty feathers,
All of the peacock's tail.



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