The peacock spends the day keeping watch. The holy bird, the peacock, — Peafowl

"COME hither, Indra, with Bay Steeds, joyous, with tails like peacocks plumes. Let no men cheek thy course as fowlers stay the bird: pass o’er them as o’er desert lands."

"The very port and gait of a Duck, or Chicken, or peacock show the high idea he has entertaind of himself; and his contempt of all others. This is the more remarkable, that in the two last species of animals, the pride always attends the beauty, and is discoverd in the male only."

"Yoked to thy chariot wrought of gold, may thy two Bays with peacock tails, Convey thee hither, Steeds with their white backs, to quaff sweet juice that makes us eloquent."

"To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in."

"Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while And like a peacock sweep along his tail."

"For everything seemed resting on his nod, As they could read in all eyes. Now to them, Who were accustomed, as a sort of god, To see the sultan, rich in many a gem, Like an imperial peacock stalk abroad (That royal bird, whose tails a diadem,) With all the pomp of power, it was a doubt How power could condescend to do without."