First as in fear, step after step, she stole
Down the long tower stairs, hesitating.
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine, 342 f.
This from Surrey's Æneid, because of its early date:
He with his hands strave to unloose the knots.
These two from Elizabethan drama—hundreds of interesting lines may be culled from this source, but the field is to be trodden with caution because of the uncertainties of the texts; though we quote 'Hamlet' we cannot be sure we are quoting Shakespeare, and in such a matter as this certainty is indispensable—
Do more than this in sport.—Father, father.
King Lear, II, i.
Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle; she died young.
Webster, Duchess of Malfi, IV, ii.
And finally, three examples from Samson Agonistes of interwoven tunes, a sort of counterpoint of two melodies sounding simultaneously—
My griefs not only pain me
As a lingering disease,
But, finding no redress, ferment and rage.617 ff.
To boast
Again in safety what thou would'st have done
To Samson, but shalt never see Gath more.1127 ff.
Force with force
Is well ejected when the conqueror can.1206 f.