"That raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak!) Bodes me no good."
— John Gay

January 1, 1970

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Fable, The Farmer's Wife and the Raven. Comparable to: "It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand", Plautus, Aulularia, act iv. sc. 3