What seest thou else

In the dark backward and abysm of time?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.

His rod revers'd,

And backward mutters of dissevering power.

John Milton (1608-1674): Comus. Line 816.

Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight!

Make me a child again, just for to-night!

Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832-1911): Rock me to sleep.

Whose yesterdays look backwards with a smile.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Night thoughts. Night ii. Line 334.