O Love! what hours were thine and mine,

In lands of palm and southern pine;

In lands of palm, of orange-blossom,

Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): The Daisy. Stanza 1.

Ye gods, it doth amaze me

A man of such a feeble temper should

So get the start of the majestic world

And bear the palm alone.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act i. Sc. 2.

You yourself

Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm.

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

No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung;

Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.

Majestic silence!

Reginald Heber (1783-1826): Palestine.

O Love! what hours were thine and mine,

In lands of palm and southern pine;

In lands of palm, of orange-blossom,

Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892): The Daisy. Stanza 1.

Time has laid his hand

Upon my heart gently, not smiting it,

But as a harper lays his open palm

Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.

Henry W Longfellow (1807-1882): The Golden Legend. iv.