Sent as a present from Annam <br /> A red cockatoo. <br /> Coloured like the peach-tree blossom, <br /> Speaking with the speech of men. <br /> And they did to it what is always done <br /> To the learned and eloquent. <br /> They took a cage with stout bars <br /> And shut it up inside.<br /><br />Bai Juyi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-red-cockatoo-2/
