I am more an antique Roman than a Dane.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act v. Sc. 2.

And stretched metre of an antique song.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Sonnet xvii.

Ye distant spires, ye antique towers.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): On a Distant Prospect of Eton College. Stanza 1.

O, good old man, how well in thee appears

The constant service of the antique world,

When service sweat for duty, not for meed!

Thou art not for the fashion of these times,

Where none will sweat but for promotion.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 3.