And above all this, the Maid did be filled with a love for me, that did beat and dance in all her being; and this in truth to Overweigh all; but yet from this same thing her dainty naughtiness to be born, because, as I did say, my manhood to stir all her nature up-wise in sweet trouble that did be half of rebellion, and half that she did ache that she be close unto me in mine arms.
"The Night Land"
William Hope Hodgson
Fernando, in the Comedy of the Brothers, 1652, describes Jacinta at Vespers: Her eye did seem to labour with a tear, Which suddenly took birth, but Overweigh'd With it's own swelling, drop'd upon her bosome; Which, by reflexion of her light, appear'd As nature meant her sorrow for an ornament: After, her looks grew chearfull, and I saw A smile shoot gracefull upward from her eyes, As if they had gain'd a victory o'er grief, And with it many beams twisted themselves, Upon whose golden threads the Angels walk To and again from Heaven.
"Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare"
D. Nichol Smith
I beg permission to have a few witnesses examined concerning my character, and if their testimony shall not Overweigh my supposed guilt, I must be condemned, although I would pledge my salvation on my innocence."
"Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus"
Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley