ere is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 18 times. Before before (poet) Poetic "before" Before, in verse Before, in poems shelley's before Poetic palindrome Before, in poetry Before, in sonnets Before, poetically Old word of precedence previously used in poetry "Able was I .... I saw Elba" in advance of, in old poetry Sooner than get here breathless "... ... he drove out of sight ..." "Able was I ... I saw Elba" (palindrome) "Borne hither, .. all eludes me": Whitman