Part of the roof of the old house had fallen in, the windows were shattered, the panels of the doors broken, and mended with rough boards; and there were two rusty weathercocks at the ends of the house, which made a great jingling and whistling as they whirled about, but always pointed wrong.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
In his house by the Maese, with its roof of tiles, And weathercocks flying aloft in air, There are silver tankards of antique styles, Plunder of convent and castle, and piles Of carpets rich and rare.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The roof was surmounted by two weathercocks: one displaying the eagle of Russia, and the other the eagle of France.
"Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, v10"
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne