| 单词 | poplar tree |
| 例句 | There they were turned into poplar trees, on the bank of the Eridanus, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We covered the little mound with leaves from the poplar trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The house was not far from City Hall, along a street where soldiers with heavy axes were chopping down the row of tall poplar trees. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Time was meaningless, but after an eternity, she and Frank sat together under a black poplar tree, listening to the screams from the Fields of Punishment. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In fact, I was looking out over the lawn to where the mist was thickening down around the poplar trees planted along the cart-track, when I finally introduced the topic of the previous year's dismissals. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Near it stood two tall poplar trees, against one of which I leaned, while my father threw himself on the grave, with outstretched arms, as if to embrace his child.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We hiked over black fields of grass dotted with black poplar trees. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She paused for a while, and I turned my gaze back out to the poplar trees down in the distance. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think nothing of it till about five minutes later when he pointed at some gigantic poplar trees and said, “Is that one n’em bald-head eagles?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She led Frank through a crowd of spirits to a grove of black poplar trees. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Daisies, the bark of a poplar tree that I saw a squirrel eating, and puffballs. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The arches over the doors were painted with black cows, white poplar trees, and owls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The shadows of the poplar trees had fallen across much of the lawn, but the sun was still lighting up the far comer where the grass sloped up to the summerhouse. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z By spring the valley had begun to warm, the poplar trees had burst into bloom, and a tiny miracle in the campaign for education had taken place right in my own home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The poplar trees in front of the schoolyard were nearly bare, but in the evening wind a few yellowed leaves still twisted down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The inner bark of the poplar tree tasted like wheat kernels, and so I dried as much as I could and powdered it into flour. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the poplar trees had been chopped down—the trees Hassan and I used to climb to shine our mirrors into the neighbors’ homes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It had overflowed so that the fringe of poplar trees on its banks stood deep in water, and the cornfields were transformed into endless lakes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The poplar trees lined the redbrick driveway, which led to a pair of wrought-iron gates. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A south breeze brought the scent of lilacs and sweet fennel to his nostrils and set all the frosty-green leaves of a silver poplar tree to trembling. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Nivea would take her daughter to the window and show her the dried-out trunk of the poplar tree. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The upright toothbrushes — as evenly spaced as Monet’s poplar trees —— structure the air around them and provide evidence that Brainard, at heart, was a stickler for classical order. No Ordinary Joe 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z A recurring material, inside and out, is the bark of the tulip poplar tree, applied as great sheets. An architect couple designs a dream house 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z From his front step in Wenatchee, Washington, a man watched a silver triangular aircraft with "no discernible fuselage, no wings or other protruding control devices" coast slowly over the tops of 150-foot-tall poplar trees. 11 strange stories from the national UFO reporting center 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Nothing from that show sold, but Durand-Ruel tried again nine years later with a presentation of 15 of Monet’s paintings of poplar trees, all from 1891. Paul Durand-Ruel, the Paris Dealer Who Put Impressionism on the Map 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Going Backcountry, Three Ways A man dangling 65 feet up in a poplar tree is a man with a new perspective. Going Backcountry, Three Ways 2013-05-17T18:47:13Z The devastating image of “strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees” is the mournful heart of this antiracism song. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z It was more this simple landscape with a shop in the distance, the one car parked in the street, the poplar trees. Have Photo Albums, Will Travel 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Most infamously, axe-wielding North Korean soldiers in the DMZ in 1976 murdered two U.S. soldiers who were cutting down a poplar tree to secure a clear view. Factbox: Site of US national's crossing into North Korea has history of diplomatic, military drama 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The map suggested a degree of precision — the treasure, it said, was buried about 1.7 to 2.3 feet deep, next to three poplar trees. A Dutch Quest for Buried Nazi Treasure Comes Up Empty 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z He and others retooled Dr. Ort’s genetic hack for poplar trees. For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Steven Strauss was skeptical when he first heard about a poplar tree bioengineered to suck more carbon dioxide out of the air. Start-up Hopes ‘Super’ Poplar Trees Will Suck Up More CO 2 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The vine puts out long creepers that since ancient times have been trained upward between poplar trees. Perspective | 3 exceptional sparkling wines to toast your love this Valentine’s Day 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Farmers are also trying to reduce toxins by growing crops — such as sunflowers and poplar trees — that are efficient at drawing impurities out of the soil and then disposing of the plants. How Do Heavy Metals Like Lead Get in Baby Food? 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Wildlife experts said Mr. President and Lotus started this week to rebuild their nest about three-fourths of the way up a 100-foot tulip poplar tree at the expansive property just off New York Avenue NE. D.C.’s most famous bald eagle couple rebuilds nest in Washington 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z On Monday, in a low lying tract of southern Georgia’s pine belt, a half-dozen workers planted row upon row of twig-like poplar trees. For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The poplar tree is among the fastest growing trees in the world — and it has a long and interesting history. Start-up Hopes ‘Super’ Poplar Trees Will Suck Up More CO 2 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Russian troops dug into the woods around Zdvyzhivka, building virtual cities that stretched for several kilometers beneath the tall pines and poplar trees. General known for brutality led troops that killed civilians 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The faster-growing poplar tree is preferred by the booming plywood industry. AP PHOTOS: Fewer willows worry Kashmir’s cricket bat makers 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Sievierodonetsk was once a sleepy, provincial backwater of about 100,000 residents, with streets lined with poplar trees and a skyline dominated by smokestacks of a fertilizer factory. Ukraine’s strategic dilemma in Sievierodonetsk: Stand and fight, or pull back? 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z And to head off environmental concerns, Living Carbon’s modified poplar trees are all female, so they won’t produce pollen. For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Their home is a nest 80 feet up in a tulip poplar tree at the huge arboretum property. Eaglet hatches at National Arboretum in D.C. 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Mr. P and Lotus made their nest in an 80-foot-tall tulip poplar tree at the massive arboretum property. Baby eaglet has died, other egg starts to hatch at National Arboretum 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z It could have been worse had the missile not first slammed into a line of poplar trees, sending it slightly off target. ‘I’m Not Scared of Anything’: Death and Defiance in a Besieged Ukrainian City 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z To sidestep the problem, researchers with a company called Living Carbon used a bacterium to insert genes from pumpkin and green algae into poplar trees. To fight climate change, a biotech firm has genetically engineered a very peppy poplar 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Outside the maternity ward, in which “hundreds, no thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of women had lain here staring up at the same ceiling,” she delights in the poplar tree outside. Review: What a 1980 Japanese novel about a single mom foresaw about pandemic loneliness 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Outside, the poplar trees lining the nearby street were decimated, a tableau of sheared branches, craters and broken glass. Ukraine Enclaves Long Steeped in Conflict Face New Peril 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Outside, there’s a wetu, a traditional Wampanoag house made from cedar poles and the bark of tulip poplar trees, and a mishoon, an Indian canoe. This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Finton has already seen more yellow poplar trees, also known as the tulip tree, in southern Massachusetts. Fall foliage flopping: How climate change is dulling and delaying your leaf peeping 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z And it’s taking over anything that stands in its way—including those maple, beech and poplar trees. Scientists Flood Forests to Mimic Rising Seas 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z In Gloucester, Massachusetts, a rustic pagoda-like pavilion constructed from reclaimed barn wood holds court under a canopy of native black cherry and poplar trees in the backyard of the landscape designer Hilarie Holdsworth. Sleeping porches, backyard tents rise in popularity as an escape from heat, monotony 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z It also confused the name of Alamo elementary school with the Texas battle rather than the Spanish word for poplar tree. San Francisco school board drops plan to rename ‘injustice-linked’ schools 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z It also confused the name of Alamo Elementary School with the Texas battle rather than the Spanish word for “poplar tree.” San Francisco school board to vote on school renaming, again 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z Forest Service showed that the yellow poplar trees will significantly expand northward within a century under the current, high-emissions greenhouse gas scenario. Fall foliage flopping: How climate change is dulling and delaying your leaf peeping 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z EDGEWATER, Md.—In a forest dense with maple, beech and poplar trees just a few miles from the Chesapeake Bay, researchers are simulating a flood of the future. Scientists Flood Forests to Mimic Rising Seas 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z A drama has been playing out between two female bald eagles in a nest that sits about 80 feet high in a tulip poplar tree at the National Arboretum in Northeast Washington. A new, younger ‘First Lady’ bald eagle moves in at the National Arboretum 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Maynard tried mixing pieces of chestnut leaf with growth hormones in round, shallow plastic petri dishes, a method used to grow poplar trees. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z This combination is powerful — and politically acceptable, Dr. Doty said: There is no genetic engineering, because PDN3 probably evolved with poplar trees for millions of years. Superfund, Meet Super Plants 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z A small grove of poplar trees on the banks of the river provided a welcome rest stop. 'Just run': on the Turkey-Greece border as refugees try to break through 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Roughly 2,000 acres still have poplar trees growing on them, more than 500 acres are fallow farmland and the remaining acreage is considered “non-commercial” land that can be dedicated to wildlife habitat and recreation. Timber investment firm to sell off $3K in acreage 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z In August 1976, North Korean soldiers attacked a group of US and South Korean men trimming a poplar tree in the heavily-guarded zone that divides the two Koreas. The ‘gardening job’ that almost sparked a war 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Most infamously, axe-wielding North Korean soldiers in the DMZ in 1976 murdered two American soldiers who were cutting down a poplar tree to secure a clear view. Factbox: Some facts about the DMZ separating the two Koreas 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Dr. Kang isolated more than 100 strains of Endobacteria that colonized poplar trees, and grew each one in flasks to see if it could survive in high concentrations of trichloroethylene. Superfund, Meet Super Plants 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In 1976, axe-wielding North Korean soldiers murdered two American soldiers who were cutting down a poplar tree there to secure a clear view. Trump to make first visit to DMZ in hope of meeting North Korea's Kim 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Greenwood Resources had used the land to grow poplar trees for the U.S. paper industry, but experts say stiff international competition and a low profit margin has made that difficult, the Capital Press reported . Timber investment firm to sell off $3K in acreage 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Standing under an old poplar tree shedding its bright yellow leaves, Frankenstein gazed at a red brick wall - the only remainder of the orphanage in the city’s Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood. Holocaust survivor recalls ‘Night of Broken Glass’ horrors 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Standing under an old poplar tree shedding its bright yellow leaves, Frankenstein gazed at a red brick wall — the only remainder of the orphanage in the city's Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood. Holocaust survivor recalls 'Night of Broken Glass' horrors 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z “I fingered my beads and thought about the pictures I’d seen of the ‘strange fruit’ swinging from the poplar trees of the South.” The Black Power salute that rocked the world 50 years ago 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Back in 2001, Doty was in postdoctoral program at the school and wanted to take a close look at poplar trees, starting with growing a few poplar cells in petri dishes. Our fertilizer is killing us. Here’s a fix 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z That shortage never materialized, however, and efforts to grow larger poplar trees for use in furniture construction were stymied by competition from alder wood. Timber investment firm to sell off $3K in acreage 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z A roughly 3-month-old bald eagle fell from its nest that sat 80 feet up in a poplar tree on the grounds of the U.S. Young bald eagle falls from nest, found on sidewalk in Northeast Washington 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z The bombing was aimed at the work of a professor they mistakenly believed was releasing genetically engineered poplar trees into the wild. Opinion | The Ornithologist the Internet Called a Murderer 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z In the summer of 1976, two American soldiers were hacked to death by ax-wielding North Korean soldiers during a fight over U.S. efforts to trim a poplar tree at Demilitarized Zone that bisects the Koreas. 10 historic moments in relations between US, North Korea 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Its presence made sense: Her poplar trees were growing in the rocky shoals of the Snoqualmie River in Washington state. Our fertilizer is killing us. Here’s a fix 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z You can have corn, soybeans, sugarcane, switchgrass, poplar trees, and others. Biofuels can help solve climate change, especially with a carbon tax | John Abraham 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z The property contains a dense forest with oak and tulip poplar trees that’s filled with wildflowers in the spring. Indiana land that harbors 2 endangered bats to be protected 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z In that case, United States and South Korean forces attempting to trim a poplar tree on the border in the summer of 1976 were attacked by North Korean counterparts wielding axes and knives. Watch dramatic video showing North Korean forces chasing, firing on defecting soldier 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Scientists recently harvested a particularly effective strain of toxin-degrading bacteria from a specific poplar tree and transferred it to others. Treating Toxins with Tree Microbes 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z It is a song about lynchings, inspired by the 1930 murder of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, who were photographed, like in the words of the song, “hanging from the poplar trees.” Opinion | Thank God for cultural appropriation 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Barely 24 hours after the first crack, or “pip,” an eaglet from one of two bald eagle eggs has emerged in a nest in a poplar tree on the grounds of the U.S. A second eaglet hatches at National Arboretum 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Big Tree in the Sipsey Wilderness Area of the Bankhead National Forest is the largest poplar tree in the state and among the largest in the Southeast. Mississippi man rescued in Alabama forest after accident 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Southern trees bear a strange fruit/ Blood on the leaves and blood at the root/ Black body swinging in the Southern breeze/ Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Invited to sing at Trump's inauguration, Rebecca Ferguson makes a strange request 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z “Blood on the leaves and blood at the root / Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze / Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.” Rebecca Ferguson agrees to sing at Trump inauguration on one condition 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z They put into practice what they learned and worked on a quarter-mile trail to the iconic tulip poplar tree. Guilford College students learn sustainable trails 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z On a cattle ranch three bridges past a giant lone poplar tree on this isolated northeastern edge of California, Jeffrey Hemphill for once feels part of something larger. In Trump they trust: the Golden State's anti-California redoubt 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z On the other was an abandoned, untended wood of oak and poplar trees. Amid Hills of Wine and Truffles, a Mission to Give Fungus Room to Breathe 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z EPA proposed adding hybrid poplar trees and willow trees as materials approved for production of cellulosic biofuel. EPA proposes poplar, willow trees for ethanol in U.S. biofuel rule tweak 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z They also think the discharge poisoned the poplar trees they were growing for lumber outside their home, just beyond their coops for ducks and geese and chickens. In your phone, in their air 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z When he was young, his TV antenna hung from a poplar tree, he points out. The eyes have it 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The region later became lusher, with sagebrush, buttercups and even roses, followed by willow and poplar trees. Plant and animal DNA suggests first Americans took the coastal route 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Intelligence had suggested three anti-India rebels were hiding out in homes set among the willows and poplar trees. Kashmir villagers rise up, foil rebel-hunting Indian troops 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z There, under the poplar trees, he rummaged through his toolbox. Boom Over, a Daily Jostle for Jobs Produces Mostly Despair 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z First they inserted the wheat gene into poplar trees, because poplars are easy to work with. A Radical Attempt to Save the Reefs and Forests 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The baby birds are not expected to leave their nest at the top of a tulip poplar tree until they are 12 or 13 weeks old, Rauch said. Second baby eagle hatches early Sunday at National Arboretum in Washington 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Saturday, the family patriarch — a prolific hunter named Mr. President — returned to their tulip poplar tree with a still-flapping fish for The First Lady and their gray, fluffy newborn. Second baby bald eagle begins hatching process at National Arboretum 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Therefore, the temple—a few bare rooms, some old stone tablets, a huge incense burner covered with rust, and a poplar tree reputed to be 1,000 years old—is technically illegal. Life in Purgatory: Buddhism in China 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z “Now it is all over,” he said proudly of his gruesomely efficient handiwork, on a gloriously sunny day beneath a row of poplar trees on the banks of the Lower Rhine. Goose Exterminator of the Netherlands Enrages Animal Rights Activists 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Winners of previous contests have found the largest tulip poplar tree, the largest pine tree and other types. Shagbark hickory wins E. Panhandle largest tree contest 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The lyrics: “Black bodies swingin’ in the Southern breeze/ Strange fruit hangin’ from the poplar trees” are morbidly metaphoric to convey the imagery of victims, mostly black men, lynched by white supremacists. PR firm learns why 'Strange Fruit' is not fit for a company name 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The house was razed long ago; what remains is a lot overgrown with thickets of hickory and poplar trees. LeBron James never forgot where he came from and they never forgot him 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Leaves from sycamore and poplar trees always turn yellow, she said. Ohio’s fall foliage to reach peak in coming weeks 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Last year, he hacked down 10 small poplar trees with an ax. City drops tree-cutting charges against former Magnuson Park volunteer 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z He hacked down 10 small poplar trees with an ax. City takes a whack at volunteer in Magnuson Park tree cutting 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Trust, said a poplar tree six inches in diameter could be sold for pulp, which is currently trading around $800 a metric ton. Wealth Matters: O Christmas Tree, Thy Leaves Can Be So Lucrative 2013-12-20T18:12:08Z But thanks to the insertion of a gene from poplar trees, they begin to flower much earlier in their lifetimes than conventional varieties do, and then continuously thereafter. Transgenics: A new breed 2013-05-01T17:20:54.763Z The results parallel those of a 2003 study in Nature that found greater growth rates among poplar trees raised in the city than among those grown in the surrounding countryside. Green Blog: On an Urban Heat Island, Zippy Red Oaks 2012-04-25T14:29:44Z Around this house were five of the largest poplar trees that I have ever seen. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Mrs. Dundyke sat down underneath the poplar trees, spreading a large umbrella over her head, and took out her work. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z You will observe that, at that point, a tall poplar tree in Sudbourn Grove, on the horizon, will be in a direct line with you and the Shepherd’s Cottage on Havergate Island. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z He slept beneath a poplar tree: And three young maidens cross’d the way; I listened to the lovely three, And heard them to each other say:— “Now what is dearest, love! to thee?” Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z The road-side trees keep murmuring Ah, wherefore murmur ye, As in the old days long gone by, Green oak and poplar tree? Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z Near by were two old poplar trees, whose trunks measured between 20 and 30 feet in circumference and were evidently of a very great age. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z A mile or so beyond it rises a conspicuous line of poplar trees. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z In the interior parts of the country they fly in large flocks, and perch on the poplar trees in such numbers that I have seen twelve of them killed at one shot. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z He towered above her, as the poplar tree towers above the linden. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z "This, they say, resembles gum and hardens like stone, the story of the poets being that after Phaeton was struck by lightning his sisters turned to poplar trees and shed tears of amber." De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Our camp was pitched under the willows and poplar trees in the garden, and it was pleasant to hear the rustle of the leaves in the wind once more. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z Sans-Cravate followed the directions he had received, and soon discovered a pretty little cottage surrounded by tall poplar trees, whose topmost branches waved back and forth over the roof. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z The materials used for the construction of their dams are the trunks and branches of small birch, mulberry, willow, and poplar trees. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z They jostle one another And do their best to please— Indeed, they are so neighborly That in the twilight green One reaches out to pick them Behind the poplar trees. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z That tall row of spectre-like poplar trees—whether it be winter or summer—is a study in itself. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The University of Washington will lead a consortium of universities and businesses in a $40 million project to research converting poplar trees grown on plantations to aviation, diesel and gasoline fuels. UW, WSU to lead biofuels research with $80 million in grants from Agriculture Department 2011-09-29T15:39:46Z The tallest branch of a kind of lithe poplar tree was then by great force bent to the ground. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Running all along one side of our orchard, garden, and lawn are a row of tall and graceful poplar trees. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z The tremulous tall poplar trees Stood whispering around, The gentle flicker of their plumes More quiet than no sound. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z A large Staffordshireware platter, printed in clear, dark, beautiful blue, made by the English potter, Stubbs, shows this ferry and tavern, with its broad piazza, and the river with its row of poplar trees. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z When the leaves of the elm, willow, and poplar trees are nearly expanded, these butterflies deposit their eggs upon the twigs. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z The tragedians told how Phaethon drove the chariot of the sun, and upset it, while his sisters were turned into poplar trees, and their tears became amber.*** Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z He drew her around the corner of the house towards the poplar trees. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z The avenue leading to the great house was bordered with poplar trees, through which the white stuccoed house appeared "romantic" and "truly elegant." The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z It was very straight, shaded by mulberry and poplar trees, and ran for a measured mile from the Capitol at one end to the goodly college of William and Mary at the other. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z There were only two or three mud ranchos, with half a dozen poplar trees standing near them, but from one of the low chimneys I saw smoke rising. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z We sat in the shade of the poplar trees, in front of the mosque, and when each officer who had been examined came out he was bombarded with questions, and surrounded by an anxious crowd. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z There came a slight shower; we stepped under the old poplar trees; they yielded more than sufficient shelter. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z At last she thought of the poplar trees by the Big Dam; they were her friends—all trees were her friends. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z He slept beneath a poplar tree: And three young maidens cross'd the way; I listen'd to the lovely three, And heard them to each other say:— "Now what is dearest, love! to thee?" An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z It was a low tract of land about thirty miles from Grundy's farm, and received its name from the fact that it was overgrown with large poplar trees. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z Two paintings, a Fauvist Vlaminck and one of Monet’s famed canvases of poplar trees, tied for the evening’s priciest work, both bringing $20 million, or $22.5 million including Christie’s fees. Vlaminck and Monet Tie for Top Sale at Christie?s 2011-05-05T03:20:47Z In its serener heights, the full moon had risen, and now looked down at us between two of the large poplar trees that had given its name to my cousin's abode. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z The poplar trees grew in a long line of thirty or so by the side of the Big Dam which lay just outside the town past the Presidency. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z On the north side of the house several poplar trees formed a small garden. Bin Laden Hosts at Compound Were Two Pakistanis 2011-05-03T20:04:20Z Once upon a time there was a forest fire, and the fire went deep down to the roots of a poplar tree, and there it smoldered for a long time. Indian Legends Retold 2011-04-21T02:00:49.077Z We set our wherry drifting Between the poplar trees, And the banks of meadows shifting Were the shores of unknown seas. Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf 2011-04-20T02:00:22.033Z Far away to the east, beyond the grim outline of cedar and poplar trees, a fair crescent moon appeared, chaste and cold. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z She shut her eyes again, and pressed her heart against the poplar tree, and called through the darkness to her mother. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The clouds on the hills, the buzz of bees in the clover, the sabre swing of poplar trees against the sky, moved her to song, and she wrote daily with marvelous ease. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z I wanted to see my mother’s house, also the preacher’s house and chapel, standing among its band of whispering poplar trees. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z There were no houses outside of the city walls, no cover of any kind, save rows of tall poplar trees lining the sides of the outgoing roads, and most of these had been cut down. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z Yet the Dyver Canal is delightful, with its strange old towers and its poplar trees, and the market on its bank filled with Dutch fishwives in bright costumes.... Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The maples on the hillsides flamed crimson and scarlet once again, and yellow leaves fell from the poplar trees like rain. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z The air was heavy with the scent of clover, and the bitter-sweet, pungent smells of Lombardy poplar trees. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z He give others poplar trees to make charcoal and dey was allowed to make a little money on de side dis way. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z A few articles for the kitchen, a chafing dish of earthenware, and some wooden plates made from the poplar tree, complete the articles of household furniture. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The principal square is surrounded with pillared porticoes, and has a fountain in the centre; and along the river bank there runs a fine promenade, planted with poplar trees and adorned with statues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z Northward a light puff of smoke vanished in the upper branches of the poplar trees. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z The cannon stopped under the shade of some poplar trees, and men stood around it wiping the perspiration from their foreheads. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z The blue blur of ocean, the dear green smell of mignonette, the rush of wind through the poplar trees were tonic memories to you. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z How heavy and low the clouds are drifting, the gray mourning cloaks, as if they must touch the tops of the poplar trees on the castle wall with their hems! Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z The poplar trees on Körös Island are clothing themselves with green, while yellow and blue flowers dot the turf. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Passing a small island about a mile up the pond, we noticed a young green poplar tree had fallen into the water. The Chief Engineer 2010-12-20T17:11:56.320Z Looking specifically at poplar trees, the researchers found that when these trees were under stress -- due to a physical wound or exposure to an irritant like ozone pollution -- they sharply increased their uptake of oVOCs. Plants clean air pollution better than expected 2010-10-21T18:03:00Z And a fresh wind flapping through tall poplar trees was always and forever the Sound of it. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z The experiment is taking place in a sprawling hangar at Moscow's Institute for Medical and Biological Problems, in a suburb of dingy tower blocks and poplar trees. Mars mission in a Moscow hangar is no joke, say astronauts 2010-06-03T17:45:00Z The entrance, with the ancient tulip poplar trees, and the grand, commanding view of the house itself, is just breathtaking. Tulip Hill, Colonial gem in Anne Arundel, is on the auction block 2010-03-27T04:00:00Z A swamp at the upper end was entirely covered and afforded water transportation from a large grove of poplar trees, which without the dam could not have been reached. The Chief Engineer 2010-12-20T17:11:56.320Z Amber is, however, assuredly not derived from any poplar tree: it comes from a species of pine long ago extinct, called by G�ppert the pinites succinifer. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments Down they went all day through France with rain speckling the windows of their compartment, past the naked poplar trees and rolling fallows until dusk fell sadly on the flooded agriculture. Sinister Street, vol. 2 He marked first of all the long row of poplar trees already fresh and vivid with young May's golden green. Sinister Street, vol. 1 It is from a quarter to half a mile wide, and its banks are clothed with spruce, birch, and poplar trees, like those of the Mackenzie in the same parallel. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Beyond the swamp, to the northeast of the river mouth, there was a grove of poplar trees, covering several acres. The Chief Engineer 2010-12-20T17:11:56.320Z A few pre-eminently beautiful dishes, with central figure subjects of miniature-like finish in delicate landscapes with poplar trees in a peculiar mannered style, are probably the work of M. Benedetto of Siena. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" That night my company guarded a road protected by barbed-wire entanglements and lined with poplar trees; just the kind of road you so often see pictured in France or Belgium. The Black Watch A Record in Action The insects feed upon ash, lilac, privet and jasmine leaves, and are found more rarely on elder, rose, apple and poplar trees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Specimens have been found on the willow, ash and poplar trees, and upon the apple and the laburnum. Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous A poplar tree eighteen inches in diameter was cut on the shore of our pond and felled into the water. The Chief Engineer 2010-12-20T17:11:56.320Z But Mopsus heard a crow that sat on a poplar tree speaking to another crow, saying: 'Here comes a silly prophet, and sillier than a goose. Tales of Troy and Greece He pointed far up the road, and, as there was a certain amount of moonlight, I could see something moving between the tall poplar trees. The Black Watch A Record in Action She stood there so long that finally she took root and grew up into a poplar tree that was so beautiful that soon throughout the countryside people began talking about it. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Yet still they whispered on and on, But never a word for me; Till, from the hill-tops, light was gone; And I left the poplar tree. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind Among these were two poplar trees which we had carefully nursed for five years, and they were growing fine. The Chief Engineer 2010-12-20T17:11:56.320Z There was the old clock, forever ticking in the kitchen corner, with a picture on its face of the sun, forever setting behind a perpendicular row of poplar trees. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings He had only to sit by the poplar tree until little Dan could run and fetch her. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches The moon peeped in the window; the breeze made a pleasant sound in the poplar trees; from somewhere came the music of a little brook. The So-called Human Race There a Crucifix hangs between two enormous poplar trees, one of the most beautiful natural altars in the world. Fairy Tales from the German Forests The shores near this house on both sides of the lake, were lined with poplar trees and an island near by was covered with them. The Chief Engineer 2010-12-20T17:11:56.320Z That they might be always near Phaethon, Zeus, in pity changed them into poplar trees, and their tears became clear amber as they fell into the water. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children There were tall poplar trees and a flower-garden in front, a little orchard and a whole row of nice looking out-buildings in the rear. Happy Days for Boys and Girls The tall stately poplar trees thrashed around in the boisterous wind. The Century Handbook of Writing Evening and quiet: a bird trills in the poplar trees behind the house with the dark green door across the road. Some Imagist Poets An Anthology The hours of recreation were mostly spent in innocent games on a fine common situated between the castle and the lake and crossed in different directions by beautiful avenues of chestnut and poplar trees. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 A poplar tree stood near the path stretching its branches straight out from the trunk. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children The gray smoke of the fires ascending through the poplar trees, the bare-armed soldiers laboring over their mounts, the deserted houses, the litter of saddles and equipment, made a picture not soon to be forgotten. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone She must hear it, and slipping his arm around her, he drew her away and out to the seat under the old silver-leaf poplar tree. The Eye of Dread Through the little town the car bore us, away along the valley between the poplar trees with the first flush of spring on their twigs, and the magpies flighting across the road to the river-bank. Another Sheaf Mary Hope was standing leaning against one lone little poplar tree, her hat in her hand, and her eyes staring dully into the world of sorrowful thoughts. Rim o' the World That was the way the poplar trees grew in those days. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children The poplar tree tried to lift her bluish-green leaves upward; the king-oak murmured softly; the leaves of the birch tree slightly moved—silence. Sielanka: An Idyll But no doubt it was because just then an owl had hooted in the poplar trees far away. A Bride of the Plains The other side a deep glen, the shimmering tops of poplar trees and the sound of a stream. Rosinante to the Road Again Pale eyes and many of their black-skinned slaves stood under the poplar trees lining the sides of the avenue. Shaman The poplar tree was more surprised than any one else. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children At the mouth of Black Coulee where the sinister split of the deep wash came up to the level, there grew a fringe of wild poplar trees. Tharon of Lost Valley The king-bird, alert, aggressive, cries out sharply as he launches from the top of a poplar tree upon some buzzing insect, and the plover makes the prairie sad with his wailing call. A Son of the Middle Border He and Daoud stood side by side, at a spot where the road between Bolsena and Orvieto passed through a wide valley, their horses tethered in a nearby grove of poplar trees. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel In plantations exposed to the south, a kind of poplar tree was planted along the trenches to supply needful shade. All About Coffee At first the poplar tree was much laughed at. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children A soft wind blew gently from the south-east, and before it the fleecy clouds passed dreamily above the poplar trees. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 14, 1914 "In the great house hidden behind those tall poplar trees." The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose The valleys abound in black oaks, ash, palms, and poplar trees. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Saddest of all, however, was the destruction of the beautiful poplar trees which once bordered the long French roads built by Napoleon. Life in a Tank Well, I am glad she will own it—for I have often heard her speak of those old poplar trees in the front yard. Macaria At the head of the lane, still on the way, I met a farmer, who had not missed the figure propped between the stone and the poplar tree. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation It lies under a hill, and is surrounded by oak, willow, fig, and poplar trees, having brambles and wild vines hanging from them in festoons. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 After they had walked more than an hour, the underwood decreased; and was succeeded by birch and poplar trees, the largest and tallest that Mr. Mackenzie had ever seen. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe I rushed to the spot and saw a poor Confederate boy, about my own age, at the foot of a great poplar tree, in the midst of a brush heap, trying to spread his blanket. Doctor Jones' Picnic On the next morning, they collected a party and returned to the poplar tree, but no traces either of the Indian or bear were to be found. Heroes and Hunters of the West Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. Rows of trees are planted along all the highways, the poplar tree predominating, but other trees being used frequently as well. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France And over the long, straight road—bordered with straight poplar trees—the setting sun threw ever-lengthening shadows. The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days The crocuses were in bloom, the poplar trees hanging out millions of emerald pendants, and the sky showed that exquisite, tender luminousness that only the northern sky knows when the sun travels towards the north. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] Had they been able to make out the tops of these hills, they would have seen a few poplar trees. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland A song sparrow trilled in the poplar tree. Little Lost Sister At the heels of this horseshoe bend ran a high ridge, covered partly with poplar trees and partly with white-oak trees. Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy They feed upon grass, and sometimes on the young shoots of willows and poplar trees. Popular Adventure Tales When at last he came to a halt he soon found sleep, and lay huddled up in his greatcoat at the foot of a poplar tree, until the dawn awoke him. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France With indistinguishable 149 imprecations and his arms waving in the air, the Englishman disappeared within the fringe of poplar trees. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland Rina had no difficulty making herself comfortable among the young poplar trees. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest He got up on the raised edge of the hole in which stood the poplar tree, adorned with tri-coloured ribbons. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life At five o’clock this afternoon we intend to plant the Silver Fox emblem under that big poplar tree on west ridge. Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike Between the poplar trees he could catch glimpses of it, and the river wound by its side, a broad ribbon of polished silver. Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Like a gallows, almost concealed behind a fringe of poplar trees, stood the familiar lines of an oil derrick. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland There were rows of poplar trees to be seen between the houses, which were few and far between, as at the extreme limit of a town. Renée Mauperin Then hearken how the poplar trees unfold Their buds, yet close and gummed and blind, In airy leafage of the mind, Rustling in silvery whispers the twin-hued scales That fade not nor grow old. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems Those girls took us out across the lawn in back and when I pointed out the big poplar tree away up there on west ridge they said they’d like to be going with us. Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike There flies one of those pretty little birds, the long-tailed titmouse; it is common enough, certainly, but I never fail to notice several upon the hedges and poplar trees of the "Duke's drive." Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children From the pine grove on the edge of the plateau he had dragged the slender trunk of a poplar tree about twelve feet long. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland The road before them descending gradually, passed through a gulch, where the darkness was greater, and such light as sifted through the larch and poplar trees rested in variable spots on the earth. Under the Rose The Chairman: Isn't that the poplar tree borer that always attacks the Lombardy? Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 Away up on the peak of the big poplar tree was a dab of red and all the rest of it was dark. Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike Now we get on the Duke's Drive, and there, on a branch of a poplar tree, I see the great tit. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children In spite of its simple character, the boys made elaborate sketches for this shed and used in the main small uniform poplar trees easily carried on their shoulders. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland It lay up a lane, some distance from the road, and two enormous tulip poplar trees sheltered and half-concealed it. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War Directly in background of stage there is a sheet of water fringed by willow and poplar trees. Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes The poplar trees on Primrose Hill With all their shining play of leaves . The Inn of Dreams The walk that they are going in is bordered by a row of poplar trees. Rollo on the Rhine The Watsons drove to a clump of poplar trees which seemed to offer shade for the horses. The Second Chance The smoke of the kitchen went up into the sky straight as a poplar tree. The Eagle's Heart It was not until he had gone one hundred yards from the duelling ground and was hidden by the thick poplar trees, that his second noticed that one of his shoes was filled with blood. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure We passed between long lines of poplar trees . The Inn of Dreams It hung up on the poplar tree, But while I looked it did not stay; It gave a tiny sort of jerk And moved a little bit away. Under the Tree The poplar trees along the road were blushing with the green of spring, and up from the river-flats, gray-purple with scrub oak and willow, came the indescribably sweet spring smell. The Second Chance It was down in a hollow, and the poplar trees around it were lonesome-looking trees. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Two old and sickly poplar trees cast a poor and half-hearted shade upon the parched ground, and mournfully shook their leaves over the scene of desolation. Rabbi and Priest A Story Here and there I could see it shining between the poplar trees. Marie Claire I saw it under the poplar tree, And I bent my head and tried to see Our house when the rain is over it, And how it looks when the lamps are lit. Under the Tree Behind the hedgerow slender poplar trees, evenly spaced, rule off the distance with inky lines. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Pennsylvania Avenue was then bordered with scraggy poplar trees, which had been planted under the direction of President Jefferson. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Soldierly Lombardy poplar trees stood in the yard, and beds of flowers lined the walk. Wayside Courtships A white mist rose from the little river, then a stone slipped behind the barrier of poplar trees, and the broom flowers began to grow darker. Marie Claire And the graveyard in New Haven, with its tall poplar trees, was an epitome of the lives of men and women who had made their impress, not only on that community, but on the world. 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West The cactuses, olives, almonds, and peach orchards gave way to hillsides covered with small chestnut, oak, or poplar trees, and the poppies and daisies were succeeded by broom bushes and clumps of rosemary. The Jolliest School of All At this time long rows p. 122of poplar trees lined the sidewalks. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City The poplar trees beyond the window, the little beechwood on the hill, the pond across the road, a round grey sheet of ruffled water, these things in the half-light seemed to wait for our defeat. The Dark Forest There are some of them, a man would as soon think of putting his arm round a poplar tree, they are so hard and so stiff. Can You Forgive Her? In that year he made purchases of "15 great poplar trees bought for scaffolds, and 100 alder trees." Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See The botanical name of Coltsfoot is Tussilago farfara, signifying tussis ago, "I drive away a cold"; and farfar, the white poplar tree, which has a similar leaf. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure In the thick darkness lying under the poplar tree it was several minutes before he was certain that his horse was gone. Man to Man Across its antique portico Tall poplar trees their shadows throw. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) But as soon as they had crossed the little rude bridge at the foot of the hill, they could see the poplar trees which skirted the courtyard fence before her grandfather's house. Queechy, Volume I It was still light enough for us to make out the landscape—meadows covered with long pale grass, bordered by willows and tall poplar trees gently swaying in the evening breeze. In the Field (1914-1915) The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry The pony turned off the high road with renewed courage in its motion; the Englishman, letting loose the rein, found himself drawn slowly up a long avenue of the ghostly poplar trees. A Dozen Ways Of Love The wind among the poplar trees, At midnight, makes its moan; The slim red cardinal flowers are dead, And all sweet things are flown! Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors And how she sways in walking like a poplar tree? The Story of Bawn The spectacle thus perfected was transferred to the city near the black poplar tree in the market. History Of Ancient Civilization It is also lined by poplar trees, a great part of the way. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three And now the second sister said, "And her form—it was like a young poplar tree in the wind …" "Oh, how good of you to tell me!" cried Cinderella. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old And yet it was very picturesque, with its grey old houses, its quaint spires, its flat fields spreading away from the canal, its rows of stately poplar trees. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow It rolled along, calm and melancholy, bordered by tall poplar trees, and the stars looked as if they were floating on the water and were moving with the current. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 We met in a booth at the fair, and I used to go to meet him every evening in a meadow bordered by poplar trees. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 The road is nearly straight, in good order, and lined with poplar trees. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three Lord, we have blown upon thy Bible with the breath of false knowledge; and holding ourselves up like the poplar trees, we wretched beings have declared ourselves gods. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence Near our road you will see a stately grove of poplar trees, belonging to Athene; in it a fountain flows, and round it is a meadow. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists He wore his sixty-five years as lightly as foliage, standing straight and strong like a poplar tree, save as he bent to the gusts of his own passion. Destiny An occasional lone poplar tree developed in the mist as an object on a dry plate develops. The Killer When he was not busy in the garden, he spent long hours beside the river in a beautifully fashioned seat which he had made for himself, beneath a large poplar tree. The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder The road along which we travelled was, of course, lined with the ubiquitous poplar tree, placed at regular intervals as far as the eye could see. Fanny Goes to War The writer tells also of a small poplar tree which grew on the sloping side of a mountain. Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks The poplar trees had put on their gorgeous autumn dress of saffron and scarlet, which showed like names against the chocolate colored hills. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Moving in the same direction and for the same point was another train, in which Eloise sat, dusty and tired, and homesick for the old grandmother and the house under the big poplar tree. The Cromptons At once all the little meadow people and forest folk made some excuse to go over to the big poplar tree where the stranger was so busy eating. The Adventures of Prickly Porky I stayed in the hollow of a big poplar tree for seven months; the other part of the time I stayed in a cave. The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. Once at sunset an old man came through the forest where the poplar trees lived. The Child's World Third Reader She ought really to have been born a poplar tree; a human body was a gift wasted on her. Living Alone Winds, with poplar trees at play, Chafe with tossing boughs all day Weather-beaten walls of gray. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 In Hill Street, maple and poplar trees were in full leaf, and little flakes of sunshine, as soft as flowers, were scattered over the brick pavement. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage What has happened on that road, guarded by buried quick-firers, that stretched to the German trenches beyond the poplar trees? Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front It was of a delicate green; poplar trees lined the banks of the river; the meadows advanced to its edge, mingling their grey border with the bluish and vapourous horizon, vaguely enclosed by indistinct hills. Over Strand and Field He took my hand with a word of welcome, and led me through the gloom of the poplar trees. In the Wrong Paradise Those prolate, sagging spirals of thought, those grapevine twists of irremediable whim, that mind shimmering like a poplar tree in sun and wind—jetting and spouting like plumbing after a freeze-up—'tis beyond me. Shandygaff For a minute he surveyed her moodily; then, rising from her side on the sofa, he took two steps to the window and looked up at the boughs of the poplar tree. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Now and then from the poplar trees came the sharp ping of a rifle. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front In the mysterious diffused light she could distinguish the forms of 32the poplar trees. Leonora Then later, because of a cold wind exposure on one side of the schoolhouse it was decided to plant a screen of little poplar trees. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. West of that you will see two poplar trees. Waysiders On the left were the tall poplar trees, rustling and whispering among themselves. Aylwin And over there, beyond the line of poplar trees, what? Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front Avenues of poplar trees, fruit trees, and fields of alfalfa gave these ranches a different appearance from any others we had passed. Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico The poplar trees grew fast but of course did not fill out as evergreens and shrubs do. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. The two poplar trees appeared to touch some curious strain of humour in the Spanish Friar. Waysiders Tall poplar trees wave in front and the classic columns running up to the entablature give the place an official sort of front. Rescuing the Czar Two authentic Diaries arranged and translated And now, going down a road, with a line of poplar trees at the foot and the setting sun behind us throwing out faint shadows far ahead, we saw the flash of water. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front The peers have made a multitude of wise laws; amongst others, one which condemns to death any one who cuts down a three-year-old poplar tree. The Man Who Laughs "Where are the poplar trees planted along this avenue by Thomas Jefferson, Ruth?" The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies Shall I hear Love pass In the wind that sighs through the poplar tree? Fires of Driftwood The inn where they stopped stood alone near the end of the village where an avenue of poplar trees led to the count's garden, not six hundred paces away. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes The shadow of a poplar tree Lay in that lake of sun, As I with my little sword went in— Against a thousand, one. Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. Look upward, and rows of poplar trees along the level, and a hedge, a grove, a cottage, or trees and shrubs around it, limit your vision. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form He did, child, but most of the poplar trees died," Ruth rejoined, "and some one else planted these oaks and elms. The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies The streets were lined with solemn poplar trees, from which small yellow worms were continually dangling down. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 The banks are steep, and "tall poplar trees" cast long shadows across grass-edged footpaths, above which the high bridge is swung. On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes A mournful requiem seems to whistle through the poplar trees. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 Much wrapping paper is now made of straw, and paper for tracing through is prepared in Germany from the poplar tree. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 562, Saturday, August 18, 1832. Old mistress had two peafowls roosted in the Colonial poplar trees. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 Near it stood two tall poplar trees, against one of which I leaned, while my father threw himself on the grave, with outstretched arms, as if to embrace his child. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 All as still as still could be, except the distant intermittent cracking of the rifles coming from away across the plain, beyond the long straight row of lofty poplar trees which marked the road. Bullets & Billets Here and there I saw rows of poplar trees between the fields. Highroads of Geography Introductory Book: Round the World with Father There were many tall poplar trees around the chateau. A Minstrel in France The assembled spectators formed a guard around a small alamo, or poplar tree, which had been selected for the gallows. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers The outlines of its roof were merging in the yellow foliage of a curtain of poplar trees, the whole habitation having for background a dark grove of gigantic elms. The Black Tulip By dusk we were going down a long straight road with poplar trees on either side. Bullets & Billets The flat expanse of country about Chalons lay a long heavy streak, occasionally made a little ragged by a row of poplar trees against the wrathful sunset. Little Dorrit Heaven speed thee, poplar tree, May thy wooing happy be! Songs of a Savoyard ALL: Pretty brook, thy dream is over, For thy love is but a rover; Sad the lot of poplar trees, Courted by a fickle breeze! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan For more than a mile the sleeper trudged on until he came to a large poplar tree, which had fallen with its topmost branches far out in the river. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Across the flat, sombre country I could see the tall, swaying poplar trees standing near the farm. Bullets & Billets Before the door, were three tall poplar trees, which made it very dark within; and the wind moaned through them with a dismal wail. Oliver Twist Sad the lot of poplar trees, Courted by the fickle breeze! Songs of a Savoyard Heaven speed thee, poplar tree, May thy wooing happy be. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Scarcely had the canary drunk when she became a beautiful girl, tall and straight as a poplar tree, with black eyes and a golden skin. The Red Fairy Book The road was now perfectly straight, bordered on either side by broken poplar trees, beyond which large flat fields lay under the mysterious darkness. Bullets & Billets And by the banks of that river, there he found the three Terrible Women all asleep beneath a poplar tree, and the dead poplar leaves lay all about them. The Blue Fairy Book He was a very fine young fellow; tall and straight as a poplar tree, with a frank, handsome face—a great deal handsomer than the king, some people said, but others thought differently. The Little Lame Prince So he hid it under the boughs of the sleeping poplar tree. The Golden Road The bridge rocked under him; against the star-speckled sky he could see the Woolworth Building bending and jazzing like a poplar tree in a gale. The Haunted Bookshop We were marching in pouring rain and darkness down a muddy, mangled road, shattered poplar trees sticking up in black streaks on either side. Bullets & Billets The park was confined by a clothes-line stretched between three tottering poles and the one solitary poplar tree of the Jenkins estate. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley It was right under a tall poplar tree. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II His sisters trembled so at his fall and wept so bitterly that they changed into poplar trees upon the river banks. Classic Myths It was a quiet moss-grown path, with poplar trees on either side, and appeared to be little used. The Slave of the Lamp The canal, winding its way between thick lines of poplar trees towards Meaux, you may follow in the hottest day of summer without fatigue. Holidays in Eastern France But as soon as they had crossed the little rude bridge at the foot of the hill they could see the poplar trees which skirted the courtyard fence before her grandfather's house. Queechy Oh Peggy she was straight and tall as is the poplar tree, Smooth as the freestone of the wall, and very dear to me. Poems Chiefly from Manuscript When I was a child, there were two or three poplar trees in that enclosure before the house; but trees do not prosper there, and now there is probably not one on the whole estate. Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 This poplar tree," said the father, "is the very one under which David and I sat the last day we were here. After Long Years and Other Stories A lofty fence on the street hides from view the hoary old poplar trees which of yore decked the front of the old manor. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Sober judgment, however, can hardly accept the miraculous poplar tree which shot up at the place of nativity, or the birth-stories deriving "Vergilus" from virga, contrary to early Latin nomenclature and phonology. Vergil A Biography There are rows of poplar trees behind them, and evidently on ordinary occasions it is just the usual French road, but with all the lights and people it was gay. The Visits of Elizabeth She left the lodge after a while, and with an axe in her hand she approached a grove of poplar trees. Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling Then Sir Launcelot perceived where, beneath the shade of these poplar trees, were four knights standing each by his horse. The Story of the Champions of the Round Table A thin, cold rain was falling, swishing among the tall poplar trees and rustling in the fields on either side. The Green Flag Then all at once its white light shone out beyond the poplar trees of Le Mesnil Rouge, and the panting of the engine grew louder, like that of some giant racer drawing near. Fruitfulness Madeline could almost hear the beatings of her heart, and only by counting and recounting the poplar trees growing across the street could she keep back the tears. Aikenside The moon shone now and then through banks of black clouds, and showed long lines of poplar trees. The Winds of the World Standing on the shore, erect, immovable, indifferent to this scene, the widow, pensive and absorbed, kept her eyes fixed on Martial's window, which could be distinguished, through the poplar trees, from the shore. Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 When thou shalt have sailed across the stream of ocean, thou shalt come to a waste shore, where are many tall poplar trees and willows. The Story of the Odyssey A slip of a new moon, shrouded in haze, was setting behind the poplar trees. Three Soldiers She came presently, tall and grave as a stately cypress among silver birches and shimmering white poplar trees. Via Crucis Viewed from the outside, it all looked like an immense poplar grove, on account of the double rows of tall Lombardy poplar trees at the borders. Far Away and Long Ago She was now a tall maiden, straight as a poplar tree. The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages And then, how gracious and gentle he was with poor little Madame d'Aubepine, who looked up to him like a little violet at the food of a poplar tree! Stray Pearls A swaying shadow appeared at the end of the plank, standing out against the haze of light from the houses behind the poplar trees. Three Soldiers A wicker basket hung from the lowest branch of the poplar tree. Masters of the Guild Whenever he left home he would crawl down the old poplar tree in which he lived; and he wouldn't climb a single tree until he came home again. Sleepy-Time Tales: the Tale of Fatty Coon Laeg meanwhile kept watch and ward, and his great heart in his breast continually trembled like the leaf of the poplar tree, or like a rush in a flooded stream. The Coming of Cuculain "Don't you dare," warned Ted Guthrie, puffing beneath her prettiest crocheted sweater and rolling down from her chosen mound on the natural steps of the poplar tree slope. Jane Allen, Junior Andrews could see the contour of the uniform against the haze of light behind the poplar trees. Three Soldiers I write of this as good luck, because the poplar tree is almost extinct in my location. Moths of the Limberlost The poplar trees around Stevenson's fountain whisper poetry all day long and the little iron boat on top looks sad not to be sailing away on high adventure to the South Sea islands. Vignettes of San Francisco Three or four hundred yards distant lay a thick clump of poplar trees and a thousand yards beyond that the first black escarpments of the Bad Lands. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police Then on through the level darkness, with glimpses of sleeping farms and thin poplar trees and deserted high-roads. Women in Love All of a sudden, through bare poplar trees, he saw the Seine. Three Soldiers She scrubbed the steps—and even the trunk of the poplar tree in the yard! The Dutch Twins The double leaf upon the poplar tree Turns up its silver side to you and me, And glow-worm lanterns light the lonely wold As we look back. Yesterdays So completely were the Indians under the thrall of his speech that a dozen of them sprang at once to get branches from the poplar trees near by. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail I crept beneath the boughs, and found A circle smooth of mossy ground Beneath a poplar tree. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 When Diana had put her arms round his neck, he could no more have resisted answering her kiss than he could now fly through the window and over those poplar trees. Beyond Old Mother Nature at once led the way around the pond to a small grove of poplar trees which stood a little way back from the water. The Burgess Animal Book for Children They walked together along a dusty road that ran between half-ripe wheat fields, bordered with poplar trees. One of Ours The table was spread in all its luxurious variety and abundance beneath the poplar trees. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Then we rolled merrily along through the streets of a handsome town, and got on to a long, broad, and level road, with poplar trees on either side. Erewhon Were an apple tree a pine, Tall and slim, and softly swaying, Then her beauty were like thine, Salmacis, when boune a Maying, Tall as any poplar tree, Sweet as apple blossoms be! New Collected Rhymes Having saluted each other, we passed to a smooth grassy spot, surrounded on all sides by tall poplar trees. A Monk of Fife One large poplar tree, the relic of the old forest which had once flourished there, twinkled in one corner; for the rest, it was overgrown with coarse weeds and a few dusty flowers. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural There was one poplar tree On the lonely island, Swaying for sadness. Poems By a Little Girl A few more shell holes in the street, many more little crosses in the field near the poplar trees, more Allied a�roplanes in the air—that was all that was changed. The Amazing Interlude "Take the clapper out of your throat when you are drunk," said Mouche, pulling his grandfather by the blouse, and tumbling him down on a bank under a poplar tree. Sons of the Soil "It is something of all these things," the doctor answered, as he dismounted and fastened his horse to a branch of a poplar tree. The Country Doctor "I guess the shadows come from the smoke from our chimneys, or else the poplar tree," he said. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural It pointed toward the bushy top of a tall poplar tree which stood on the hill west of the Fort. Betty Zane Always she was joyously welcomed, and always on her way back she turned to send from the poplar trees that inarticulate aching call that she had come somehow to believe in. The Amazing Interlude Indeed the road wound considerably and was bordered by a thick screen of poplar trees. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Somewhere down the road beyond the poplar trees he abandoned the ambulance. The Amazing Interlude There was no band, but from a thousand throats, yet cautiously until they passed the poplar trees, there gradually swelled and grew a marching song. The Amazing Interlude Behind its double row of houses, away from the enemy, lay the fields, a muddy canal and more poplar trees. The Amazing Interlude And one night she violated Henri's orders and walked across the softened fields to beyond the poplar trees. The Amazing Interlude She gathered them and placed them, one on each grave, in the cemetery near the poplar trees, where small wooden crosses, sometimes surmounted by a cap, marked many graves. The Amazing Interlude Far away a gap in the poplar trees showed a German observation balloon, a tiny dot against the sky. The Amazing Interlude They climbed the broken staircase and stared toward the break in the poplar trees, from the roofless floor above. The Amazing Interlude "A quarter of a mile beyond those poplar trees." The Amazing Interlude At the poplar trees she turned and looked behind, toward the trenches. The Amazing Interlude She must forget Henri and the little house on the road to the poplar trees; and most of all, she must forget that because of her Henri had let the Germans through. The Amazing Interlude On quiet days, when there was little firing beyond the poplar trees, she went about with a basket through the neglected winter gardens of the town. The Amazing Interlude Word had gone out through the trenches beyond the poplar trees that slightly wounded men needing rest before walking back to their billets, exhausted and sick men, were welcome to the little house. The Amazing Interlude |
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