| 单词 | weeping willow |
| 例句 | Two hundred yards upstream, toward the mountains, there was a circular grove of weeping willow trees. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Two enormous weeping willows, like woolly mammoths, on either side of the property. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Cap was doing his tai chi under the weeping willow when I maneuvered Dad’s Saab into the driveway. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “All we need now are the weeping willows and the tombstones.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Graceful trees and bushes were growing along the riverbanks—weeping willows and alders and tall clumps of rhododendrons with their pink and red and mauve blossoms. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The weeping willows were bare but still massive and threw up their twisted arms like women in grief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Maybe I was even starting to bear a strong resemblance to our weeping willow trees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Virgil curled up at the foot of a weeping willow, holding a broken leg. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z On her way to the stream, she saw Nana sitting on a chair, in the shade, beneath the domed roof of a weeping willow. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z There were weeping willows and rows of apple trees leading up a hill. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He then explained this affectionate apostrophe, by touching his brooch representing the lady and the weeping willow at the tomb with the urn upon it, and saying, “Had it made for me, express!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Tally crept along the river until she reached a pleasure garden, and slipped into the darkness beneath a row of weeping willows. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A gust of wind blew and parted the drooping branches of the weeping willow like a curtain, and Mariam caught a glimpse of what was beneath the tree: the straight-backed chair, overturned. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z As the seasons changed outside the windows, as the weeping willows shed their million leaves, as snow fell on the flat roof and the angle of sunlight declined, Desdemona remained in bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He looked like a weeping willow in soggy sandals. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “The baishakunin took me to see it—peach trees, persimmons, weeping willows, rock gardens. None of that turns out to be true.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She really said four, though, so we hung around outside the stage door by the picnic tables and the weeping willow tree. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Valley shimmied up the weeping willow in Seven’s backyard, placed the pod, and slid down with the grace of a jaguar. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z In this case, that meant the two weeping willow trees and the mulberry growing against the front of the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The biggest tree in the graveyard was a weeping willow—a crying tree. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She makes the most of what she has, filling the window nook with houseplants of all kinds, a bonsai weeping willow, a towering ficus with drooping fronds, a fiddle-leaf fig. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Earth trees, great mimosas and weeping willows and magnolias and magnificent eucalyptus. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z For the French painter Claude Monet, no subject proved more evergreen than his own Giverny estate, whose water lilies and weeping willows he rendered in myriad masterpieces. Photographing Monet's Gardens 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z In La Plaza Cultural garden in the East Village, a weeping willow, like some shambling teenager, hunches toward a clutch of young people as if trying to join their conversation. Voyages: How to See a Tree 2012-02-10T16:53:39Z Look, too, for the nearby Pool, where ducks nestle on the banks beneath weeping willows. 36 Hours: Central Park, New York 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z It was an Impressionist painting come to life: the wisteria, the weeping willows, the pond filled with flowering lily pads and the synchronized sound of frog song. Motherlode: Updates From Paris and Texas 2011-06-09T20:30:14Z On EBay you can buy boxes of stained glass remnants, so I thought it’d be interested to hang them as weeping willows — a metaphor of creating something new out of something broken. L.A. artist Marnie Weber reflects on why monsters hold such power for women 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The timbered house with its veranda, the garden with its weeping willows and roses, the jug of iced drink are as calm and inviting as they might be in a horror story. All My Sons; Henry VIII; Paradise Found 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z It is a good job he's got the roller-skating ballerina to keep us all entertained - although the weeping willows in the background look lovely. Eurovision 2014: Reporter's diary 2014-05-11T11:21:17Z “I was so young then, so miserable with my poor attempts at English. I used to say ‘crying trees’ for weeping willows. Michèle Morgan, lustrous French actress of ‘Port of Shadows,’ dies at 96 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Bundles of the tags hang from the ceiling, like the shaggy arms of a weeping willow tree. Roosevelt's signed Executive Order 9066 on Japanese American internment to go on view in L.A. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z There was the charred weeping willow that belonged to our neighbor but extended generously into our yard. Your house is on fire, your old life is gone 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z As a child, he used to "fantasise about these great old weeping willows"; since seeing the film his son, Vincent, three, refers to trees as his "brothers and sisters". Vin Diesel on Guardians of the Galaxy: 'I didn't realise how much I love trees' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z I love weeping willows, I feel a very kindred spirit in them. Lucy Moss Unwinds With Songwriting and TikTok Cleaning Tutorials 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of space people spend a lifetime working 60-hour weeks to acquire: two-plus perfect acres with ivy-covered walls, a gorgeous weeping willow on the front lawn and a pool in back. In Hamptons, Ammon Twins Put Horror in Perspective 2012-11-14T22:17:45Z Cross the weir, past the mill house and over the lock, past the weeping willow. ‘I launch naked into the unknown’: writers on the joy of wild swimming 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Give that weeping willow something to weep about. Property shows: room for improvement? 2011-08-10T13:27:22Z Looking across the land at the weeping willows and terraced rock walls, we completely caved. House Tour: Barrytown, N.Y. 2010-10-14T20:57:00Z Ms. Mori’s creations look like chimerical species — hybrids of barnacles and cumulus clouds, a baobab and a weeping willow, a waterlily and fiddlehead ferns, sea urchin spines and a swarm of starlings. Art Rooted in Nature Blooms at TEFAF 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Beyond this is the yard with established gardens, weeping willow and conifer trees, and meandering pathways. House Tour: Riverhead, N.Y. 2011-07-07T22:31:14Z It was this landscape painting of a prairie with, like, weeping willows at the end of this road. Growing Pains: Horror Directors on Their Creepy Childhood Memories 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Stewart’s idea for her this time: a weeping willow with billowing branches trimmed with crystals and twinkling lights. On the Runway: The Queen of Crafts and the Willowy Miss M. 2010-10-22T16:31:00Z In another startling series of images, slender corpses are strung from the branches of a tree like tendrils of a weeping willow. ‘Winterreise’ Augmented by Kentridge Video Art 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z None of these images are about the best way to do running water, or mist on the mountain, or fronds of weeping willow. Tate Britain's Watercolour: Awash with inspiration 2011-02-14T21:31:01Z They are full of “weeping willow trees and kudzu growing wild,” he explained in an e-mail. ‘Hoodoo’ is a haunting tale from the Alabama woods 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Branches of huge weeping willows brush the surface of the still water, creating ripples. Monet’s ‘other’ masterpiece: His gardens at Giverny 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z I grew up in New Hampshire, where there are really old graveyards, and I just loved the oldest headstones with the winged skulls and weeping willow. Marc Swanson Draws Comfort From Rural Cemeteries and ’80s Club Music 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The grounds include manicured gardens, lawns with olive trees and wild areas where spruces, palms or weeping willows encroach on white pebble paths. On a Lush Island, the Splendor of Venice but Not the Crowds 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z We glided past weeping willows and under a series of wonderfully varied footbridges. Footsteps: Jewels of Olmsted?s Unspoiled Midwest 2011-09-02T18:18:14Z Next to one of Suzhou’s iconic canals lined with weeping willows sits a repair shop for tabletop electric motors. With ‘Zero Covid’ Behind It, China’s Economy Starts to Recover 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z At the entrance to the Planet Word museum in Washington, D.C., stands a remarkable sculpture designed to resemble a weeping willow. Review: 'Little Fires Everywhere' author Celeste Ng ventures boldly into the dark future 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The actor’s compound offers the same natural setting, with rolling hills, weeping willows and a private lake with a sandy beach. Richard Gere hauls in $24.15 million for New York compound 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z A very old weeping willow’s branches had completely obscured a crosswalk sign at a busy intersection in Ballard. Rant and Rave: Reader values local app 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z At the center of the exhibit springs a smooth white trunk evoking a weeping willow tree. Mary Lincoln wasn’t ‘crazy.’ She was a bereaved mother, new exhibit says. 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Family and close friends shared joyful stories beneath a weeping willow. VIRUS DIARY: As time ran short, a son rushed to say goodbye 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z The course had a loyal clientele and fairways lined with weeping willows, but 300 trees were taken by Hurricane Bob in 2001, and many golfers went with them. Requiem for a milkman - Golf Digest 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z About 400 metres from ground zero in Hiroshima, a weeping willow and other plants regrew from their roots. Surviving Hiroshima, humanity’s footprints, and the truth about stem cells: Books in brief 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z We reached an ornamental wooden gate, beyond which was a yard dominated by a stately weeping willow. The Family That Built an Empire of Pain 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z For Cornetta Lane, Core City was the childhood neighborhood where she fell in love with weeping willows. On the Front Porch, Black Life in Full View 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Past a lily pond and a copse of weeping willows, a group of men and women stood dressed in Tang-dynasty robes. Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z A weeping willow grew in his aunt’s yard on Franklin Street nearby. Black church, community not forgotten in Greene County 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Or maybe just here, on this wooden bench under a weeping willow? Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the sisters behind Rodarte, move into film with 'Woodshock' 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Fresh stems quickly pushed through the damaged earth, plants took root, and the branches of the Hibaku-jumoku, the survivor trees, unfurled leaves of weeping willow and oleander from budded stalks. Life after the bomb: exploring the psychogeography of Hiroshima 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Outside the warehouse’s remains, hearts bearing the names of the 36 fire victims hang from a weeping willow tree of twisted iron branches and votives. In creating a haven for artists, Ghost Ship operators built a deathtrap, prosecutors allege 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The seeds mature through late fall, and the entire plant withers to an orange-brown whisk resembling a tiny weeping willow. Coastal Jointweed Brings Fall Blooms to City’s Barrens 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z “Because of that weeping willow, I thought this might be a good choice.” Black church, community not forgotten in Greene County 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z The president speaks through the entire ad, saying, “Don’t believe the negative attacks” and highlighting the congressman’s record, as Mr. Murphy is shown strolling on Florida beaches, through weeping willow trees and among swaying palms. Donald Trump, Man of Steel 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z At Oberlin, it started in December, when the temperatures ran high, although the weeping willows and the yellow poplars that had flared in the fall were bare already. The New Activism of Campus Life 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It has bayous, weeping willows, shotgun houses, and blues music, but lacks joie de vivre. America's death penalty capital: can a black DA really change the system? 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z She is tall, with straight brown hair and long arms that dangle, a little comically, like the boughs of a weeping willow. The Lawyer Who Defended Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z “My mom was bent over a table like a weeping willow,” she remembered. Veteran’s vision to save big cats lives on in Louisburg 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z There's even a huddle of swans on a pond ringed with weeping willows. China teaches top cadres Western ideas despite backlash 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z The Public Garden is still shrouded in earth tones, but tiny buds are just visible on the swaying branches of the weeping willows. A Marathon That’s Far More Than a Rite of Spring 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Before I say what I’m going to say next, it’s important to remember that on that autumn afternoon with Oscar and the weeping willow, I was still very much in love with Josh. Privileged Glimpses Into Student Life at Cambridge 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Walking past empty benches, weeping willows and canopied pathways illuminated by old-fashioned luminaire lamps is like being inside a still life. Central Park, After Hours 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Only after the round did owner Frank Jemsek tell me the secret: Keep an eye out for weeping willow trees -- they're planted near the unseen water hazards. Away Game: Chicago Hope 2012-08-06T04:00:00Z Eton Obviously it pains this paper to say it, but didn't it, the dappl'd waters, the bastions of privilege, the weeping willows, the tasteful £15m mansions, the luck, also all just look a bit … "lovely"? London 2012: good week, bad week 2012-08-04T23:53:06Z Photograph: Matthew Impey/PA Sweep away the branches of the weeping willow and see the old man lazing by the bayou. The Fiver 2012-06-18T15:41:08Z Reverend E. C. McGuire and his relict, Judith Lewis, great niece of General Washington lie close to the loved old church beneath the weeping willow. Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town 2012-04-11T02:00:30.517Z The base of the mound was to be encircled with weeping willows, and evergreens were to be placed on the mound. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Azrael stood there, leaning against a weeping willow and gazing, motionless, at the youth. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z Great funereal trees, yews, weeping willows, cypresses, cover them with faithful shadows. Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck 2012-02-19T03:00:16.920Z To one side of it, in a narrow stretch of bottom-land, a row of weeping willows pierced the loose stone lake-wall. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Near some habitations we observed weeping willows of extraordinary size. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z Miss Berry," he said, as they sat to rest awhile on the parapet of the little bridge by the weeping willows, "I don't mind going to Africa, but I can't bear going all alone. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z At the right back is a weeping willow tree, at the left the simple little house of Obaa-San. More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z O'er me hung the weeping willow; Mossy bank was balmy pillow, And in slumber sweet I dreamed: Dreamed of music round me gushing, That as winds o'er harp-strings rushing, E'er like angel's whisper seemed. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Fourth, the "weeping willow form," where trees have short trunks, from which the branches curve rapidly outward and end in long, drooping branchlets. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The avenues of trees in the town consisted of robinia, paper-mulberry, large-leaved poplars, which exude an aromatic gum, weeping willows, and Syrian mallow, which latter grow to the height of ten and even fifteen feet. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z And as to softer subjects, my heart was in distress at the fate of my friends, and my harp hung upon the weeping willows. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z And to ask her all about her weeping willow tree? More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z Work—and pure slumbers shall wait on thy pillow; Work—thou shalt ride over Care's coming billow; Lie not down wearied 'neath Woe's weeping willow; Work with a stout heart and resolute will! The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Another European species is the weeping willow, Salix babylonica L., which may be known by its slender drooping branches. Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them 2011-10-08T02:00:23.997Z Through the leafage of the weeping willows may be seen the white tombstones. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Four trees have been planted outside the wall, two weeping willows and two cypresses. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z I talk to my weeping willow tree—but there is no answer—no answer, O-Sode-San—only stillness—and yet—sometimes I think I hear a sigh.—Grandmother! More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z The Moorish horseman and the odalisk ascend a high funereal mound, the tombstone of which is barely visible through the dependent branches of a weeping willow. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z She has named a weeping willow by the driveway “Cindy”; and “Mitchell” is a cottonwood by the back patio. Iowa congressman and his family retell how they fought off a gun-wielding robber 2011-08-28T23:45:35Z Instead of being earth and stones, however, it was green and flower-starred, overshadowed by weeping willows and silver birches, their interlaced tops bending low as if seeking their old-time friend with its murmuring song. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z I recognized only the switch which in my day was a weeping willow. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Her little body is swathed in brown and from her arms hang long sleeves like the branches of the weeping willow. More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z It is a very thick vine that sends forth great shoots that fall in a shower like a weeping willow. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Any one can see that they are weeping willows. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Here and there a warm stubble field told of summer gone and harvests gathered; her and there the yellowing green of a weeping willow proclaimed that autumn was passing away. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Oh, the little minnows swim Where the water's cool and dim, 'Neath the weeping willow branches Making shadows here and there. Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk 2011-05-09T02:00:03.903Z OBAA-SAN It seems as though the weeping willow tree had warmed and shown its heart to me. More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z With this he appeared from a clump of weeping willows, and stood before them. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Hoan Kiem Lake, surrounded by weeping willows and other foliage, lies at the heart of the city, its curved red bridge leading to a tiny island with a temple. Ancient Turtle in Hanoi Gives Would-Be Rescuers the Slip 2011-03-09T01:54:45Z The bright sunshine gleams on the dusty glass of the hot-bed, on the pumpkins and cucumbers, on the water in the tub under the pump, beside which a weeping willow parades its proverbial melancholy. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z The weeping willows bent down over our young love whispering misfortune, but you will talk to one another, of course! Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z I was in the weeping willow tree—sometimes I was happy and sometimes I was hurt.—Oh, More Portmanteau Plays 2011-11-11T03:00:27.887Z The heather, which grew wild upon it, was bathed in the evening's crimson, which also flooded the quivering bowed branches of the weeping willows. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z The weeping willow trees, which are characteristic of all towns in the Transvaal, seem to be, if possible, still more numerous here. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Down from his commanding height Flashed the cardinal flame And perched on another limb Of the weeping willow. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z We have named it the “weeping willow,” and draped the tomb with its soft pale fronds, as with a winding-sheet of silver. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Past the yellowing weeping willow and the skyline framed by spectral trees, children waddled like penguins, trying to get the knack. | Ice Hard, Skating Easy (for Some) 2010-12-10T14:59:00Z I was sitting over there upon the hill beneath the weeping willows, you probably know the little spot. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Here we find the great open grass-covered space, the rose hedges, and rows of weeping willows lining either side of the narrow grass-grown roads with their well-worn cart ruts. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z That portion which adjoins the river is lined with a beautiful border of weeping willows. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands When the blood of their friends was wantonly shed upon the heights of Lexington they hung their siren harps upon the weeping willows that stood mournfully over the graves of their murdered brethren. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Mr. Rabbit had picked out the spot, which was a pretty, green, open place in the woods, and right in the centre of it a little weeping willow tree, with long, trailing branches like ribbons. The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book being a new edition in one volume of "The Hollow Tree" and "In The Deep Woods" with several new stories and pictures added The hour for coffee had, however, been missed by the expedition to the weeping willows, and the defaulters had to content themselves with a second infusion of the Mocha beverage. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z They had moored their boat under a weeping willow about the time when the bells for church, begin to chime across the level water-meadows. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Gud built a snare out of weeping willow twigs, and the Underdog ran round the birds and barked the birches. The Book of Gud Even in the bright sunshine the old mill-pond, the mill, the big, empty icehouse, the weeping willows near them—all seemed to tell of that dreadful tragedy of many years ago. The Auto Boys' Vacation Do you want my hair to fall over my neck and shoulders to-morrow like weeping willows? Rambles in Womanland And again the weeping willows rustled! should no friend then approach her, no love adorn her life? Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Above, a weeping willow brushes soft fingers over the sleeping princess. Confessions of an Opera Singer The man and woman reached a high grave with its stone just showing among the branches of a weeping willow. The Golden Age in Transylvania At the "Scheubuss," at Paul's Garden, he found several women seated on the little bridge by the weeping willow which droops its green arches over the runnel. Black Forest Village Stories But I bend blighted, the wan weeping willow, All in the sun, and the dew, and the rain. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 And she flung the rosemary wreath aside; she left the shade of the weeping willows and through the high, bushy ferns sprang down the hill. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z However, there remained some lovely trees, charming avenues, a temple surrounded with magnificent weeping willows, flowers to please the eye, little running streams, and bridges after the English fashion. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun There sighed the weeping willows, which, by the cool brookside, dipped their new-born leaves in the rippling waters, to steal more tears that they might weep again. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Why are they so prone to maltreat the weeping willow, the loveliest of trees? Black Forest Village Stories The young green of weeping willows and pepper-trees looked indescribably delicate against the hard blue sky. Ancestors A Novel Yonder lies the hill, with the weeping willows, and yet I hardly even know by which road I reached it! Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Originated on the grounds of Dr. J. Stayman, Leavenworth, Kan. Tree hardy, vigorous, spreading, irregular, tough, wiry, droops like a weeping willow with ropes of fruit, never breaking a limb. The Apple Evan sauntered, with his thoughts, past comfortable homes fronted with lawns and shaded by weeping willows. A Canadian Bankclerk "Ah, indeed!" said Mr. Sewell, contemplating the weeping willow and tombstone trophy with a singular expression, which it was lucky for Miss Emily's peace she did not understand. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine There were no little graves in her speech, no weeping willows by winding streams where lay broken hearts in tombs unmarked. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years I had lost my way," said Eva, "and had fallen asleep beneath the weeping willows! Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Busteretto was reaching dog’s estate, his shape had taken on a degree of subtlety, his hair was growing long and straight and like leaves of the weeping willow. Aurora the Magnificent There were a few poplars planted close to the church-yard wall, and a few weather-beaten ash trees, with a single dwarfed weeping willow over a grave. A Danish Parsonage March 28—The weeping willow shows the green leaf. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman Here I felt my eyes a-drooping, and my tall figure bent like a weeping willow. Phemie Frost's Experiences Minna herself was too good-hearted to feel envy or jealousy; she was only mournful, and Salomon once found her in tears, sitting beneath the weeping willows. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Mrs. Latournelle received Mary in a wainscotted parlour, hung round with miniatures and pieces of framed needlework done in chenille, representing tombs and weeping willows. The Fairchild Family The weeping willow droops her green hair to the water, grieving because she is not slender like Selma. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Poor woman, the point of her nose is always red, and, like Father-in-law George, she believes weeping willow the only fit emblem for royalty. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess The weeping willows moving in the breeze looked like silver fountains, and the thick blossoms of the apple orchard might have been a million hovering white moths. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America White Bear rowed upstream on the Ioway River past stands of weeping willow whose yellowing fronds drooped into the dark green water. Shaman Imagine a great spreading weeping willow turned dingy gray, and you have a fair picture of a moss-covered live-oak; but you will prefer it green, as is the willow, I believe. Getting Acquainted with the Trees The gracefully swaying branches of the stately elm or weeping willow remind him of some woman whose elegant form and manners make her as lovely as the moon and as beautiful as light. The Road and the Roadside Others were sitting and eating under the shade of a group of weeping willows, overshadowing a bason of pure water, fed by a streamlet trickling down from the neighbouring hills. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Amidst a cluster of locusts and weeping willows, rose the spire of the church, in the ungarnished decency of Sunday neatness. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father They left the island behind, and soon White Bear saw the hundred lodges of Saukenuk through the weeping willows, hackberries, maples and oaks that grew along the riverbank. Shaman I have been thankful often for that shower, for it gave a better feeling about the live-oak, and made me admire the weeping willow. Getting Acquainted with the Trees He spouted Musset's lines: "Plant a willow by my grave, The weeping willow that I love...." The Confessions of Arsène Lupin Above the grave spread the branches of an aspen tree, and near it is a weeping willow. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I It is a very fast growing evergreen, with feathery leaves like a small palm or fern, drooping like a weeping willow. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Yet, however, she wanted a dessert, and some gooseberries growing under a weeping willow furnished it. Nobody's Girl (En Famille) She felt a longing to rest on the soft Oriental carpets within, or to lean against the weeping willow without by the clear water. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Lucilla steered towards the steps leading to a smooth shaven lawn, shaded by a weeping willow, well known to Honor. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster This tree was my favorite, looking something between a weeping willow and an acacia, but growing much taller, with its red p.188 berries in bunches showing clearly on the green. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria This acacia, which has much the habit of the weeping willow, is found very extensively on the wet, alluvial flats of the west rivers. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Just opposite me was a window looking directly into the green branches of a weeping willow; and at intervals the wind blew the leaves against the glass with a sound like "Hush!" The Other Side of the Door Beautiful weeping willows, real products of spring, hung their fresh branches over these lakes like a fresh, green, transparent, and yet screening veil. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen No. The weeping willow bears no fruit of that size. Popular Adventure Tales Sinking yet lower in habits of intemperance, she stayed indoors from week-end to week-end, seated herself like a weeping willow by the fireside, and drank and drank. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 The leaves have the appearance of being frosted, and the branches droop like the weeping willow. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia And then after a while I left him, and went down to the boat-house, and pulled over to our weeping willow. Mufti The graceful manicol, rising to a great height, bends, like the weeping willow, its slender stem over the stream; and, with several other species of palm, it affords the succulent cabbage. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Most beautiful weeping willows; some of the slender branches hanging down 5 or 6 feet. A Journey to America in 1834 I saw on some of the graves fresh wreaths of roses and pinks and on many pictures were hanging showing the weeping survivors beneath a weeping willow. The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster There are no really romantic qualities in the "Pickwick Papers"—thank heaven!—no stick of a hero, no weeping willow of a heroine. Confessions of a Book-Lover If you're energetic enough let's get the boat under that weeping willow. Mufti To see the Kaiser's epitaph Would make a weeping willow laugh. The Book of Humorous Verse A little stream, which broadens into a lake, keeps up the necessary moisture, and the grass and the weeping willows in their loveliness offer it their silent thanks. From a Terrace in Prague To specify every character is not necessary; but the upper figure on the dexter side, with a wig like a weeping willow, should not be overlooked. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency The long branches of the weeping willow dragged themselves across the tin roof with a ghostly sound. Tess of the Storm Country There is a weeping willow too, and as her eyes rest on it she smiles a little, and then she sighs. Mufti A weeping willow had been turned over in some winter gale many years ago, but had nevertheless managed to go on growing in its new position. Patsy Far away mourned a delirious nightingale; and a weeping willow softly shivered. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn By the side of the water-courses by which the gardens were irrigated, coming from the main stream, grew weeping willows and lilac trees, with several other water-loving and rapidly growing shrubs. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand A bird's cry from somewhere in the weeping willow, came in through the window. Tess of the Storm Country Only as the car glides away from the door, her grey eyes once again rest on a weeping willow. Mufti There were date-trees and weeping willows growing upon the river bank, and drooping gracefully over its current. The Boy Hunters You don't want to go in looking like a—a weeping willow! Patty Blossom The weeping willows—themselves fountains of green—sprayed over a stone seat. Little Novels of Italy Dusk had fallen over the lake, closing the shanty within the shadows of the weeping willows. Tess of the Storm Country As from the grave where Henry sleeps, From Vernon’s weeping willow, And from the grassy pall which hides The Sage of Monticello ... Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Even the weeping willows, bowing their mournful heads in sympathy, could no longer be heard in their endless chant. The Secret of the Storm Country God's acre was silent, but for the rustling of the autumn leaves of the weeping willows. Legends of the Rhine It lighted up her pallid features with a kind of unearthly glow, similar to that which rested on the marble monuments gleaming through the weeping willows. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author The weeping willow tree groaned over the shanty roof, jarring and tearing at the broken bits of tarred tin. Tess of the Storm Country This world is only a huge graveyard of buried dreams, a garden of cypress and weeping willows, a silent peep-show with tearful puppets. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians Huge weeping willows shrouded it from the sun in summer. The Secret of the Storm Country A weeping willow—somewhat too green, alas!—drooped with evident reluctance over the scene, but cast no shade on its contrasting richness. Cape Cod Folks There was also a weeping willow close by, whose pensile tresses of new verdure touched the half-broken walls of earth underneath. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Her hat was very large, and a palm with enormous fan-leaves drooped above it like a sympathetic weeping willow on a mourning brooch. The Golden Silence Example: In walking through the field, along the bank of the brook, I glimpse under the low-hanging branches of the weeping willow a restlessly moving hoof. Applied Psychology for Nurses She felt no deeper thrills for the bright-winged birds singing in the sun15 than for yonder owl who screeched at her, now, from the weeping willow tree. The Secret of the Storm Country Here, where Clarens with its weeping willows, mirrored itself in the waters, once wandered Rousseau and dreamt of Heloïse. The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. The tree is one of beauty, having drooping foliage similar to that of the weeping willow. Growing Nuts in the North A Personal Story of the Author's Experience of 33 Years with Nut Culture in Minnesota and Wisconsin The black gloves cost six shillings a pair, and the sponge-cakes, which used to be sent with the gloves and scarves, were on this occasion ornamented with weeping willows in white sugar. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys The central court of this building has been converted into a garden: and here, under a weeping willow, our dinner table was spread. The Diary of an Ennuyée Forlorn and abandoned, the Skinner shanty lay moldering under the weeping willows. The Secret of the Storm Country "This is the place for us to hide—by the weeping willow tree," said the skillery-scalery alligator with bumps on his tail. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods Brier Crook church stood at one end, with its desolate little graveyard, where the colored people buried their dead under its weeping willows and gloomy cedars. Ole Mammy's Torment He sang of the weeping willow, the ilex, ivy, cypress and the presence of the god still immanent among them. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 Roses and honeysuckles ever bloomed there for a season, while the dark evergreen and weeping willow waved their branches and beckoned the passer-by to rest beneath their shadow. Tempest and Sunshine Under the weeping willow trees stood the empty shanty which had housed her childhood days, and, mechanically, she turned her eyes toward it. The Secret of the Storm Country I told you it was a weeping willow tree, and just now it was weeping, I think, because Uncle Wiggily was in such trouble. Uncle Wiggily in the Woods I hang my harp upon a tree, A weeping willow in a lake; I hang my silent harp there, wrung and snapt For a dream's sake. Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems Cuthbert started, and caught hold of a bough of a weeping willow, bringing his boat to a standstill in a place where the shadow was blackest. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot She stood still in the shadow of a weeping willow, arrested by that look, and watched him come slowly forth. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories The leaves of the weeping willow tree swept the rapt, upraised face, and Tess drew down about her head and shoulders one of the thickest branches. The Secret of the Storm Country Passing through that column halted by a stream, I went on into more open country, where there was an occasional farm with the invariable tin roof and weeping willows of South Africa. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege The roots of another tree that you have, viz., the weeping willow, offers a good earth for girls and also for boys of a susceptible nature, for whom the oak-root earth might be too strong. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah Nobody would deny that a weeping willow by an English river, or a Lombardy poplar in an Italian avenue, was as much of a true tree as an oak or a chestnut. Science in Arcady Or turned hermit; counting a string of beads in a dark cave; or under a weeping willow, praying for mercy on the wicked. The Gamester (1753) Above the locket was fastened a large memorial brooch with a framework of gold, a face of crystal and, behind the crystal, a weeping willow designed in somebody's hair. Corporal Sam and Other Stories Value for planting: The weeping willow has a special ornamental effect in cemeteries and along lakes and river banks in parks. Studies of Trees The weeping willow is said to have, ever since the time of the Jews' captivity in Babylon, drooped its branches, in sympathy with this circumstance. Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century And as I lay, more dead than alive, with gaping mouth and my face wet with cold perspiration, the head of the dismal line melted and disappeared among the weeping willows. The Man-Wolf and Other Tales The Willow Pond, so called from its being surrounded with weeping willows, was situated at the corner of a field, in a retired part of the road, about midway between Verner's Pride and Deerham. Verner's Pride "Now, Mr. Scott, don't open Bowditch's Navigator to us, or talk about projection,' 'logarithms,' 'Gunter,' and 'inspection;' for I am not capable of understanding them, for my trigonometry has gone to the weeping willows." Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Some devotee had planted a weeping willow here long ago; the great tree now flourished and cast its reflection across its own fallen leaves. The Desert Valley The huge weeping willows stood, one on each side of the speaker's desk. Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem A Novel The front one was papered with weeping willows, bending under the weight of ripe cherries on a white ground, and the chair cushions were covered with pea-green cotton velvet with yellow worsted bindings. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities So the four started off, Bully hopping along in front, and pretty soon, just as they got to the place where the weeping willow tree stands, what should they hear but a funny noise. Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble They were on a scat under a weeping willow tree, and were sitting very close together. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life At the Anthony residence this little school-house stood beneath a great weeping willow beside the front gate, and among the pupils was Lucy Read. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Its banks in some places were planted with weeping willows. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Beyond the Circus they proceeded on foot to a four square brick dwelling with weeping willows and an arched wood sign above the entrance painted with the designation, "Miss Brundon's Select Academy." The Three Black Pennys A Novel I am writing this on the day after the action in my favourite lurking-place by the side of the river under the evergreens and big weeping willows that overhang the sluggish water. With Rimington One had his mother's gravestone, with a weeping willow over it; another had the Goddess of Liberty remarkably well done. Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts Then sing for the willow, the wild weeping willow, That droops in the smiles of the summer-born times, And mourns in the kiss of the sweet-scented billow, When beaming and gleaming are dripping with chimes! Oklahoma and Other Poems Bring him home, Where the songs of sad hearts shrive him, Where remorse no more shall rive him, Where the ever weeping willow Moults to make its leaves his pillow, Home! Soldier Songs and Love Songs Close to the little house were two old nut-trees and a weeping willow, with thick pendent branches, and behind, far away into the distance, stretched the soft green meadows. Uncle Titus and His Visit to the Country It is early morning, and I am sitting under a thicket of great weeping willows by the river. With Rimington We like apple trees because, though they are not handsome, they have bright blossoms and good fruit, but we despise weeping willows because they never do anything but cry. Around The Tea-Table A song for the willow, the wild weeping willow, That murmurs a dirge to the rapturous days, And moans when the kiss of the breeze laden billow Entangles and dangles among the sad sprays! Oklahoma and Other Poems Down behind the house the waving fields of blue-grass rippled away to the little river, where weeping willows hung their heads above the lazy water, and ferns reached up the banks to catch the flowers. Sandy Sometimes I glanced at the newspaper; sometimes I looked out at the pleasant Southern garden, where the fountain flashed and fell among weeping willows, and laurels, orange-trees, and myrtles. In the Wrong Paradise Rambling on, we came to a hamlet, hidden in a hollow; and beneath weeping willows saw many mournful maidens seated on a bank; beside each, a wheel that was broken. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II This was a fertile region, abounding in trees that looked like weeping willows, so heavily did the branches droop under their burden of fruit. Ticket No. "9672" This is the algoroda tree, the drooping foliage of which is suggestive of a weeping willow. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines Whereupon they all began drawing graves, tombstones, weeping willows, and all such funereal paraphernalia upon the blackboards. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Her sweet voice hush'd within the silent grave, While o'er her dust the weeping willows wave. Strange Visitors If you would have a smooth trunk, straight branches, satiny leaves, apply to the pale birch, the hollow elder, the weeping willow; but leave the mighty oak in peace. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Camp was made under a large weeping willow tree, the only tree of its kind we remembered having seen on the journey. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico The foliage is of a light green colour and it droops like the weeping willow; the bark is rough, and the trunk seldom exceeds nine inches in diameter. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 When the park was reached at last, across a frail and uncertain wooden bridge shaded by large weeping willows, I found it the most creditable thing I had yet seen. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 He says—to Hannah, mind you— "The little birds sing sweetly In the weeping willows green, The village girls dress neatly— Oh, tell me, do I dream?" Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot There were weeping willows with light-green feathery foliage, such as sorrowing fairies might plant on the grave of some Taliessin of Oberon's court. Kimono Near the sea it is simply a broad river, traversed by boats and small steamers, and with grassy banks dotted with weeping willows or clothed with flax and the palm-lily. The Long White Cloud At the head of the path above the orchard grows an old ash tree, and so leans that its boughs, now bursting into leaf, droop pendent almost as a weeping willow. True Tilda The pine-tree rises large and free; the birch droops its branches, as the weeping willow alone has power to do—and what magnificently grand oaks! Pictures of Sweden It is said that Pope planted his celebrated weeping willow at Twickenham with his own hands, and that it was the first of its particular species introduced into England. Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden The wedding took place at the ugly little mission church, which was transformed into a beautiful garden, with weeping willows, chrysanthemums, and mountain ferns. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration One soul there is that like the weeping willow Can never raise its drooping branches more. Russian Lyrics But there is an inner mass of branches of lesser size which droop downwards, something after the manner of a weeping willow; and the leaves on these are still green and show through. Hodge and His Masters He made the two low mounds already mentioned and planted thereon weeping willows. George Washington: Farmer The willow is a native of Babylon, and the weeping willow is called Salix Babylonica. Among the Trees at Elmridge A weeping willow droops over their grave, and the flowers of summer shed their perfume and scatter their leaves around. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland And mercy gilds with stars the night; Sweet music plays through weeping willows; The blackest cave with gems is bright, And pearls illume the ocean billows. Poems I am anxious for a full account of all your purchases, to which you must add two yards of weeping willows. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 271, September 1, 1827 Monumental representation—a tomb and a weeping willow. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada They are more common than the weeping willow. Among the Trees at Elmridge Night winds sigh a mournful requiem, and gentle zephyrs fan the leaves of the weeping willow, and murmur among its branches.. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland A soft little breeze stirred the branches of a weeping willow tree and set them to swaying languorously. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth It is curious that ash trees, when they are close to a river, hang their branches down towards the water like the "weeping willows." A Cotswold Village "We'll thither, from the distant dale, "A weeping willow bear; "And plant a lily of the vale, "A drooping lily there. Poems (1786), Volume I. The weeping willow," continued Miss Harson, "was first planted in England in not so lazy a way, but almost as accidentally. Among the Trees at Elmridge At a distance it resembles a weeping willow tree stripped of its leaves. Arizona Sketches The way to the shore descended from the bank on which the house was perched to a walk above the water planted with weeping willows. The Age of Innocence Over the head of my bed there is a picture of Robby Burns standing at Highland Mary's grave, shadowed by an enormous weeping willow tree. Anne of the Island The summer was come now, and the gardener, an old sailor, made him a hammock and fixed it up for him in the branches of a weeping willow. Of Human Bondage In a few minutes they reached a low spot near a weeping willow, where several of the large fish grabbed Chirpy Bird and threw him onto the shore. Stories from the Old Attic Vast tombs, embowered beneath the weeping willow and the fir tree, told of the antiquities of the Lloyd family, as well as of their wealth. My Bondage and My Freedom It was the escort he needed that he might traverse the world, and then perish in a little valley in a deserted island, under the weeping willow. The Confession of a Child of the Century Plants grow in the pool and the shores are lined with iris, primroses, periwinkles, pampas grass and, overtopping these, weeping willows mingled with other lovely trees and shrubs. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition To be planted sparingly, preferably near water; the sort known as the Wisconsin weeping willow appears to be much hardier than the common type; many forms. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) One wished to stop and rest beneath its weeping willow by the white stone milk house. The Angel of Lonesome Hill A Story of a President It stood in a grove of tall cypresses and weeping willows, and the gravestones lay scattered round about. Two Summers in Guyenne And what strange pictures they etched in the stone of those old gray slabs—urns and angels and weeping willows! Georgina of the Rainbows The shores of the laguna are banked with shrubs, loosely massed, and groups of evergreens and weeping willows bend over the lake. The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Not far from the weeping willow or the "Crying Tree," was an elm tree. Seven O'Clock Stories The water was conveyed away from the broad moats, where the weeping willows with bowed heads and uncovered roots stood in the warm sunshine. O. T. a Danish Romance It grows upward, with abundant dark foliage, while ours spreads, sometimes a hundred and twenty feet, and often droops like a weeping willow. Our Hundred Days in Europe Here is a beautiful site for a house: a sloping lawn, covered with fine peppermint trees, which in form resemble the weeping willow, and a great variety of flowering shrubs, down to the water's edge. The Bushman — Life in a New Country No, for you left him sleeping under the shade of the weeping willow. Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds A double row of weeping willows, now bare, of course, bordered the lake, and the sloping lawns of the school led down to these. Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm She did not appear at lunch, but when afternoon tea was served on the lawn under the great weeping willow, she came to join her guest. Dracula's Guest "The weeping willow," as Mr. Ingram remarks, "is one of those natural emblems which bear their florigraphical meaning so palpably impressed that their signification is clear at first sight." The Folk-lore of Plants In summer there were many rowboats on the lake, and they lingered more often in the deep shade of the weeping willows fringing the banks. Sleeping Fires: a Novel Nancy died a few years ago and she sleeps now under the shade of a weeping willow. The Four Canadian Highwaymen or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp "O the oak and the ash and the weeping willow tree, O green grows the grass in God's countree!" Three Soldiers A maple towered high behind the house, and a brook that ran not far away was shadowed by a weeping willow. A Day of Fate A stream runs through the grounds, fringed with weeping willows, which are in their greatest beauty at this time of year, with their soft, feathery foliage of the tenderest green. Station Life in New Zealand It grows to a great size, like the black poplar, but has long narrow leaves like those of the weeping willow. Far Away and Long Ago Well, pretty soon, after Uncle Lucky had looked behind the moon and Billy Bunny into all the empty milk cans and one full one, they found the driver up in a weeping willow tree. Billy Bunny and Uncle Bull Frog "O the oak and the ash and the weeping willow tree, O green grows the grass in God's countree!" somebody sang again. Three Soldiers Its grassy banks are bordered by the stateliest and most impressive weeping willows to be found in the world, I suppose. Following the Equator, Part 4 But never more will I plant myself, like a weeping willow, upon the sedgy bank of stream or river. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 01 There were also half a dozen weeping willows close to the house, but no plantation, no garden, and no ditch or enclosure of any kind. Far Away and Long Ago So they all looked around and everywhere else, but they couldn't find him until they looked up into another weeping willow tree. Billy Bunny and Uncle Bull Frog "No, it was in the deep pool under the weeping willow, where the duckweed grows so rank in summer," said Carey. Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering It is even more graceful than the weeping willow, or any pendulous trees, which dip their branches in the stream instead of being buoyed up by it. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Something white moved under a weeping willow; white hands parted the long, rustling leaves. The Enchanted Castle It was, after all, but a small cap now, and had but little of the weeping willow left in its construction. Barchester Towers A peach with pendulous branches, like those of the weeping willow, has been found capable of propagation by seed. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 Like light phosphoric on the billow, Or hermit ray of evening sky, Like ripplings round a weeping willow Are tears of sensibility. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 One was a very weak young weeping willow, so very limp and maudlin, and so evidently bent on establishing its reputation, that it had to be tied up against the house for support. Urban Sketches The weeping willows, cypresses, temples, terraces, banks of trees and shrubs, and the wonderful old house, all added to the romantic charm of the scene. The Enchanted Castle To the right, the view was shut out by an avenue of silver poplars; a glimpse of an orangery could be seen through a group of weeping willows. Virgin Soil And in all his plans Homais always stuck to the weeping willow, which he looked upon as the indispensable symbol of sorrow. Madame Bovary The lake, with white lilies sleeping on its tranquil bosom and weeping willows touching its clear surface, pleased her most of all. Dora Thorne Amid the foliage of the weeping willows were herons, solemnly standing on one leg. Around the World in 80 Days Junior Edition Under the big weeping willow in the garden was her husband's grave. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come He affected ruffles, but for want of starch they hung like weeping willows over hands that were fine and delicate. Scaramouche It stands back from the road, and has an obsequious retinue of fringed elms and oaks and weeping willows. Majorie Daw She followed him into the garden back of the rectory, and they sat down on the bench beneath the weeping willow. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories The pond empties into the stream, which follows the course of the avenue, through a wide and straight canal bordered on both sides and along its whole length by weeping willows. Sons of the Soil He then explained this affectionate apostrophe, by touching his brooch representing the lady and the weeping willow at the tomb with the urn upon it, and saying, "Had it made for me, express!" Great Expectations |
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