aforetimes, erewhile, sometime, rearly, erstwhile, avore, erst, otherwhiles, quondamly, therewhile, more...

before, prior, earlier, formerly

eon, era, period, epoch, more...

long, dead, old, sacrificial, worse, withering, little, woful, plain, sorry, whole

"able was i ...",   old poets adverb,   poetic before,   before (poetic)