John Milton, Samson Agonistes, 1671:

Whate'er it be, to wisest men and best

Seeming at first all heavenly under virgin veil,

Soft, modest, meek, demure,

Once joined, the contrary she proves, a thorn Intestine, far within defensive arms

A cleaving mischief, in his way to virtue

Adverse and turbulent, or by her charms

Draws him awry enslaved With dotage, and his sense depraved

To folly and shameful deeds which ruin ends. (lines 1034–1043)