The fort was built right in the middle of a large old field, and in it the people had been Forted so long and so quietly, that they didn't apprehend any danger at all, and had, therefore, become quite careless.
"A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee."
Davy Crockett
He uses words to Angelo that recall the sonnets: "O, your desert speaks loud; and I should wrong it, To lock it in the wards of covered bosom, When it deserves, with characters of brass, A Forted residence 'gainst the tooth of time And razure of oblivion."
"The Man Shakespeare"
Frank Harris
They'll be expectin' us to light out for the home range, not go jinglin' in to wheah they've Forted up.
"Ride Proud, Rebel!"
Andre Alice Norton
