The “Flatiron” and the Ruins of Palmyra Ameen Rihani (1876–1940) · Myrtle and Myrrh · 1905 To the Ruins of Palmyra this the “Flatiron” addrest:“Did you ever in your gloryDream of looking up to see my crest?” To the “Flatiron” the Ruins thus replied across the sea:“We were like thee yesterday.To-morrow thou wilt like us be.”