'gainst all might of man Invincible:--gardens magnificent; With flowers that dazzle, odours that enchant, Fountains that bring the rainbow:--squares immense, For kings fit habitation: midst of each, Tall column, obelisk, or granite block Enormous, with colossal statue crowned Of god, or goddess, Bel, or Ashtaroth, Adramelech, or Nebo, or what else Divine was named:--stupendous palaces;-- Temples august:--and,--by the eagle alone In full beheld,--vast streets of edifice proud; Straight as a sunbeam; a day's journey long. (The fall of Nineveh. Prelude)
William Ellis Wall białym wierszem napisał epos religijny Christ Crucified. W epoce wiktoriańskiej blank verse znalazł zastosowanie w monologach dramatycznych Alfreda Tennysona i Roberta Browninga. Browning blank verse'em napisał między innymi poemat Pierścień i księga, który liczy około dwudziestu jeden tysięcy wersówPorównaj: George Saintsbury, A history of English prosody from the Twelfth century to the present day, Vol. III. From Blake to Swinburne, London 1910, s. 117-220..