Said Abner, “At last thou art come! Ere I tell, ere thou speak,— Kiss my cheek, wish me well!” Then I wished it, and did kiss his cheek: And he, “Since the king, O my friend, for thy countenance sent, Nor drunken nor eaten have we; nor, until from his tent Thou return with the joyful assurance the king liveth yet, Shall our lip with the honey be brightened, the water be wet.
W twórczości Browninga anapestyczny jest również programowy wiersz Przedsmak.
For the journey is done and the summit attained, And the barriers fall, Though a battle's to fight ere the guerdon be gained, The reward of it all. (Prospice)
Największym anapestycznym osiągnięciem Browninga jest wiersz How they brought the good news form Ghent to Aix (Jak to oni ważną wieść przynieśli z Gandawy do Akwizgranu):
Not a word to each other;