Song of Solomon 7:7,8

Thy stature is like to a palm-tree Tall and straight, or upright. And he seems to mention the palm-tree rather than any other, because it is constantly green and flourishing, and grows upward in spite of all pressures. I said Within myself, I resolved; I will go up to the palm tree Climb up, that so I may take hold of the boughs, which do not grow out of the sides, as in other trees, but only at the top of it. I will take hold, &c. Partly to prune and dress them, and partly to gather the fruit. The smell, &c. Of thy breath; which is often called the breath of a man's nostrils.