Ostriches

"The ostrich [with] her eggs on the hillside. She receives those eggs as something to carry: the bird knows how to keep watch at night."

"Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been, The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were seen."

"Like the ostrich, head under wing When the roaring storm breaks, So many people take refuge Under the soft pillow Of specious arguments."

"Rahel could see it coursing through his veins, as clearly as an egg travelling down an ostrich's neck."

"All furnish'd, all in arms; All plum'd, like estridges that with the wind Baited, like eagles having lately bath'd."