“With silent strides Odysseus then shot back the bolt,
passed lightly through the courtyard and sped down the street.
Some saw him take the graveyard's zigzag mountain path,
some saw him leap on rocks that edged the savage shore,
some visionaries saw him in the dead of night
swimming and talking secretly with the sea-demons,
but only a small boy saw him in a lonely dream
sit crouched and weeping by the dark sea's foaming edge.”

Source: The Wind in the Willows (1908), Ch. 12

Nelly Dean on Heathcliff (Ch. IV).
Wuthering Heights (1847)

" The Runaway http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/runaway-the/" (1923)
1920s

Valerius recounting the tale of how Conan was caught
"A Witch Shall Be Born" (1934)

Je l'ai vu, dis-je, de mes propres yeux vu.
Act V, sc. iii
Tartuffe (1664)

The Cat in the Hat (1957)

Home Burial (1915)
Context: He saw her from the bottom of the stairs
Before she saw him. She was starting down,
Looking back over her shoulder at some fear.
She took a doubtful step and then undid it
To raise herself and look again. He spoke
Advancing toward her: "What is it you see
From up there always?—for I want to know."

Take It Where You Find It
Song lyrics, Wavelength (1978)

Source: Chapter 13 (p. 215) Vorkosigan Saga, The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)