Had she affections and warm youthful blood,
She would be as swift in motion as a ball;
My words would bandy her to my sweet love,
And his to me.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 5. Juliet laments that her Nurse is too old and slow in carrying messages between her and her "sweet love" Romeo. In a simile Juliet wishes that her Nurse was as swift as a ball.