John Gay Quote

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

Fable, The Farmer's Wife and the Raven. Compare: "It wasn't for nothing that the raven was just now croaking on my left hand", Plautus, Aulularia, act iv. sc. 3. - Fables (1727)