Question

Story of peacock and nightingale

Answer 1

THE PEACOCK AND THE NIGHTINGALE;, A Peacock met in silvan dale That tuneful bird, the Nightingale. To praise one's self is not so wise, Though many do it to the skies Says Pea, " thy talent much assumes, But what are songs to matchless plumes ?.*' The bird of note with less of pride, In softest melody replied; 206 Original Poetry. [Jan. " Musick the soul can soothe and feast, And equals gaudy plumes at least" The sober night advancing mute, Came on to settle this dispute. At eve the Peacock's bright display Was lost: all birds by night are gray; While musick floating o'er the farms, Acquired by night, uncommon charms. Intrinsick talents worth can raise Above mere beauty's brightest blaze : Beauty, at times, some men adore, Talents, all men forevermore. ARMORICUS, SIR, I offer you the following attempt at a translation of the third Satire of Boiieau, who must always be a favourite with the readers of French literature. Lord Lyttelton in his " Dialogues of the Dead," has drawn a parallel, in- genious enough, between him and Pope, in which he ac- cords the superiority to the latter. But this was national partiality, of which if other proof was wanting, the opin- ion of Johnson, (and who was sufficiently sturdy in his national prejudices,) would be sufficient to shew it to be unfounded. There is no modern writer in any language, who has so many claims to the perfection of a classick mo- del, and he has perhaps gone to the utmost limils of the French language to attain it. His Lutrin and his Satires are in point of taste, energy, harmony, and exquisitely ap- propriate versification, an object of admiration to all those who know the difficulty of excelling in these. — It will be seen that Goldsmith was indebted to this satire, (as Boiieau was before indebted to Horace) for the spirit of his verses entitled the " Haunch of Venison." Leigh Hunt also, in his " Feast of the Poets," has shewn many traces of a similar imitation. The French poet, however, rises beyond comparison over these and all his other imitators, in that genuine caustick wit, which it is as difficult to describe as it is to imitate, and in what may be called a pure, old fash-

Answer 2

Once upon a time, there lived a peacock that had beautiful feathers. He was very happy about his feathers and proud to be the most beautiful bird in the jungle. Day by day, the animals those who gathered to see his dance increased by magnitude, and so the pride of Peacock.

“Is there any other animal that is more popular than me in this jungle?” One day the peacock challenged the entire animal population. The animals and birds were so quiet. They all knew that the bird had already attracted many to watch his dance. After some time, an old tortoise came forward and said, “You are blessed with your beautiful feathers. But, don’t be proud. A day will come when all these animals and birds will run away from you.”

“Bah! You are a fool. Such a day will never be there,” the peacock screamed at the tortoise and flew away.

After some days, a nightingale came to that jungle. She too watched the peacock and his dance. As the dance progressed, in thrill, the nightingale started singing. Nightingale had a lovely voice. Many animals were pulled by her voice. Seeing this, the peacock decided to sing too. As he opened his mouth, the entire crowd was irritated and chased the bird away. They preferred nightingales’ sound over the peacock’s screams.

Moral of the story:
Know your strengths, but do not forget your weakness

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