Cock/clocks

Famous quotes containing the words cock and/or clocks:

“Who’ll be chief mourner?
I, said the dove,
I’ll mourn for my love,
I’ll be chief mourner.”
—Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Who killed Cock Robin? (L. 33–36)

“It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)