A long time ago
As the embers burnt low
Sir John finished work for the night
He had toiled for perfection
Created by selection
Thus born was the bantam Sebright


Each feather fine-laced
As an artist's pen graced
A bird so compact yet so bold
With God as his teacher
He'd established a creature
As precious as Silver and Gold

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SEBRIGHTS

My first is in silver but never in gold
My second is in spirited but not found in bold
My third is in bantam but never in phantom
My fourth is in friendly as well as in tantrum
My fifth is in Polish and also in chickens
My sixth is in Hamburgh but not in Dickens
My seventh is in Hertfordshire but not in Essex
My eighth is in wattles but not in Sussex
My ninth is in small but not found in true
My whole is some girls from the Baltic with a high IQ

[Toucan's winning entry in the July 2011 Competition]