I commend my box to you, and commend myself to you also As your sincere friend, F. Liszt I need not say that of course you shall be repaid immediately for sending the box—only hurry on the sending.
— from Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso by Franz Liszt

The cock, that of his flesh was ever free, Sung merrier than the mermaid in the sea; And so befel, that as he cast his eye, Among the colworts, on a butterfly, He saw false Reynard where he lay full low; I need not swear he had no list to crow; But cried, cock, cock , and gave a sudden start, As sore dismayed and frighted at his heart.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 11 by John Dryden

The English version of the following line, is not near so pretty as the Scots original, which goes thus:— “I once was a bachelor, both early and young,
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

that as he cast his eye Among the coleworts on a butterfly, 580 He saw false Reynard where he lay full low: I need not swear he had no list to crow: But cried cock, cock , and gave a sudden start, As sore dismay'd, and frighted at his heart: For birds and beasts, inform'd by nature, know Kinds opposite to theirs, and fly their foe; So Chanticleer, who never saw a fox, Yet shunn'd him as a sailor shuns the rocks.
— from The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 2 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden