Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyts New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Cock
Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek, Thy crimson moon and azure eye, Cock of the heath, so wildly shy! Joanna BaillieThe Black Cock. St. 1.
While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack or the barn door Stoutly struts his dames before. MiltonLAllegro.