Nose, nose, jolly red nose, Who gave thee this jolly red nose?† Nutmegs and ginger, cinnamon and cloves, And they gave me this jolly red nose. 20

-Anonymous
Quoted in FrancisBeaumont and John Fletcher TheKnight of the Burning Pestle (1609) but thought to be a rhyme of earlier origin.

One three centuries removed From the scenes his fathers loved, Spicy grove, cinnamon tree, What is Africa to me?

-Cullen, Countee
  On These I Stand,'Heritage'.