The Paradise of Birds Author:William John Courthope Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: DKAMATIS PEKSONE. Mabesnest, a Philosopher of the " Development" Persuasion. Windbag, a Poet of the Boinantic School. BlRDCATCHER, Cook, Souls in ... more »Purgatory. Lady, J Roc, an extinct Bird in his Egg-Shell, the Gate of Limbo. Bird Of Paradise, King of the Birds' Paradise. Jackdaw, Rook, Pigeon, Lark, Nightingale, Goldfinch, Blackbird, Thrush, Linnet, Swallow, Goose, Chorus Of Human Beings In Purgatory. Chorus Of Extinct Birds In The Shell. Choeus Of Bieds In Paradise. A Jury Of Twelve Bieds. Birds in Paradise. chapter{Section 4" Colle sub Elysio nigra nemus ilice frondens, Udaque perpetuo gramine terra, viret. Si qua fides dubiis volucrum locus ille piarum Dicitur, obscenae qua prohibentur aves." —Ovid, Amorum, L. ii. 6, 49. "Ays dr, fjsn avdo a trqXou, eiuoiidia pD.' a raXaoi /3joro;, av'eges tli Tin vow To?; ufavdroig rn'iv, rot's aiev rot; aiStoiois, rtifgiv aygw;, To/s apQiTa /j,r)dofiitoiaiii, It uxovsavrif Ka,iTOL irag fi/Aandv ogduf irtgi ruv /tiriuieta!, olcavuv, yivtaiv rt 6e£v, 'aura.fw T 'Eji/3ous Xaouf Ti, ffa' ifj,ou Tigodix.( xativ i/inirt rb Xo/to'v. —Aeistophanes, Aves, 685. chapter{Section 5THE PARADISE OF BIRDS. Enter as Prologue, Nightingale. Nightingale. Kind gentlemen, and ladies dear, To a poor nightingale give ear. The poet bids me fly to you, His audience fit (since doubtless few), And introduce my bill of fare For the entertainment we prepare. So, if you choose to taste the same, And feel disgust—we're free from blame. And first I say that, by your grace, We mean to represent a place To human sailors (save alone To Fancy and her crew) unknown ; Not yet subjected to the reign Of Science, tyrant and profane,— The would-be queen, and...« less