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THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS. 
Many of the motions and actions of this lively 
bird certainly savour of foppishness ; therefore he 
may be a fit emblem of some of our fashionable 
dandies. 
The gaudy goldfinch, of his plumage proud, 
Mimicks the beau, — gay, fluttering, vain and loud ; 
Round his coquet, the foppish mimick flies. 
Turns on his heel, and ev'ry gesture tries. 
