still and anon

Adverb

still and anon (not comparable)

1. (literary) Now and then.
   • And like the watchful minutes to the hour,
     Still and anon cheered up the heavy time.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
   • It seem’d as if hell had burst forth in a crowd,
     And fury permitted to range;
     When still and anon was re-echo’d aloud—
     “Come forth, thou base tyrant! thou Odo the Proud!
     For Morcar and Hilda, revenge!”1810, John Stagg, “Odo the Proud”, in The Minstrel of the North: or, Cumbrian Legends, London: for the author, page 374

   Synonyms:

   ever and anon