?1685 J. Dryden tr. Theocritus Idyllium xxiii, in (1885) XII. 316 Farewell, ye never-opening gates, ye stones, And threshold guilty of my midnight moans!
1844 I. Williams II. iv. 39 Upon them clos'd the never-opening grave.
1901 J. London 10 Down the Valley of the Mackenzie to the never-opening ice.