1600 J. Weever tr. Juvenal First Satyre in sig. Iv Uenus naked, holding in her hand..a mirtle wand.
1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn iii, in 3 And waving wide her mirtle wand.
1777 R. Polwhele 50 Concord wav'd his myrtle wand.
1914 K. L. Bates iii. 84 An altar stood below: on either hand A priest with roses crowned, who held a myrtle wand.