In the elder days of Art,

Builders wrought with greatest care

Each minute and unseen part;

For the gods see everywhere.

Henry W Longfellow (1807-1882): The Builders.

Let still the woman take

An elder than herself: so wears she to him,

So sways she level in her husband's heart:

For, boy, however we do praise ourselves,

Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,

More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn,

Than women's are.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4.

'T is elder Scripture, writ by God's own hand,—

Scripture authentic! uncorrupt by man.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Night Thoughts. Night ix. Line 644.

I said, an elder soldier, not a better:

Did I say "better"?

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iv. Sc. 3.

That's a perilous shot out of an elder-gun.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1.