Related Clues:

• Long lead-in?
• Versifier's ''before''
• "Maid of Athens, ___ we part" (Lord Byron poem)
• 'Maid of Athens, ___ we part' (Lord Byron poem)
• Now or long preceder
• On top, poetically
• ''... ___ he drove out of sight''
• ''Jingle Bells'' contraction
• Above, to a bard
• "Love, Reign ___ Me" (the Who song)
• ''But I heard him exclaim, ___ he ...''
• Sooner than, in poetry
• '...___ he drove out of sight...'
• Poet's "before"
• Above, to the Bard