Peacock Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Peacock


For everything seemed resting on his nod, As they could read in all eyes. Now to them, Who were accustomed, as a sort of god, To see the sultan, rich in many a gem, Like an imperial peacock stalk abroad (That royal bird, whose tail’s a diadem,) With all the pomp of power, it was a doubt How power could condescend to do without. Byron—Don Juan. Canto VII. St. 74.	1
To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride: Let Nature guide thee; sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require; The peacock’s plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable’s tail. Gay—Rural Sports. Canto I. L. 177.	2
To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in. Leland—The Peacock.	3
“Fly pride,” says the peacock. Comedy of Errors. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 81.	4
Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while And like a peacock sweep along his tail. Henry VI. Pt. I. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 5.	5
Why, he stalks up and down like a peacock,—a stride and a stand. Troilus and Cressida. Act III. Sc. 3. L. 251.	6
And there they placed a peacock in his pride, Before the damsel. Tennyson—Gareth and Lynette.	7