Over the hills and far away.

John Gay (1688-1732): The Beggar's Opera. Act i. Sc. 1.

So over violent, or over civil,

That every man with him was God or Devil.

John Dryden (1631-1701): Absalom and Achitophel. Part i. Line 557.

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,

Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,

Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,

With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act ii. Sc. 1.

Oh, could I flow like thee, and make thy stream

My great example, as it is my theme!

Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull;

Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full.

Sir John Denham (1615-1668): Cooper's Hill. Line 189.

Enough, with over-measure.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Coriolanus. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Oh, when a mother meets on high

The babe she lost in infancy,

Hath she not then for pains and fears,

The day of woe, the watchful night,

For all her sorrow, all her tears,

An over-payment of delight?

Robert Southey (1774-1843): The Curse of Kehama. Canto x. Stanza 11.

All things that are,

Are with more spirit chased than enjoy'd.

How like a younker or a prodigal

The scarfed bark puts from her native bay,

Hugg'd and embraced by the strumpet wind!

How like the prodigal doth she return,

With over-weather'd ribs and ragged sails,

Lean, rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet wind!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 6.