And she felt, amid it all, a dread of what was before her; only the fever, to which she abandoned herself with a sort of reckless confidence, a faith that it would continue till this interview was over, overcame an impulse to rush back into her hiding-place, to bury herself in shame, or desperately whelm her wretchedness in the final oblivion.
"The Nether World"
George Gissing
Thou dost bind The elements in balanced harmony, So that the hot and cold, the moist and dry, Contend not; nor the pure fire leaping up Escape, or weight of waters whelm the earth.
"The Consolation of Philosophy"
Boethius
"The tide of war is surging up, and presently will whelm us utterly.
"The Shame of Motley"
Raphael Sabatini