Let not your ears despise my tongue for ever,
Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound
That ever yet they heard.
– William Shakespeare
Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3. Ross asks Macduff for forgiveness for the terrible news he is about to deliver: the slaughter of Macduff’s family. He asks Macduff not to despise him for being the messenger. Personification of ears is used to good effect here.