Raven

A raven is one of several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied. They have black plumage and large beaks.

Famous quotes containing the word raven:

“Not Hermia but Helena I love.
Who will not change a raven for a dove?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“This whole day have I followed in the rocks,
And you have changed and flowed from shape to shape,
First as a raven on whose ancient wings
Scarcely a feather lingered, then you seemed
A weasel moving on from stone to stone....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Thriftless ambition, that will raven up
Thine own life’s means!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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