Churchill mentions, among other trees

“The willow weeping o’er the fatal wave,

Where many a lover finds a watery grave;

The cypress, sacred held when lovers mourn

Their true love snatched away.”

Besides Shakspeare’s beautiful mention of the willow on the death of

Ophelia, and notices of it by various other poets, there are several

songs in which despairing lovers call upon the willow-tree:--

“Ah, willow! willow

The willow shall be

A garland for me,

Ah, willow! willow!”