1596 E. Spenser Hymne Heauenly Loue in 126 In bonds..Of never-dead yet ever~dying paine.
1882 Sept. 586/1 Constantly acting as spiritual nurses to the sick, complaining, and ever-dying but never dead members of their parishes.
1962 29 87 The ‘invisible sky’ in which nature's infinite memory hoards the dormant but never-dead phenomena of the past.