“swallows met over us later I dreamed of flying with them we had all the time in the world we had the world how could those trees be weeping?” PoetryTimeNatureSadnessPoemWeepingWeeping Willows Author:Jody Gladding
“one of Mr. [Thomas] Hardy's ancestors must have married a weeping willow. There are pages and pages in his collected poems which are simply plain narratives in ballad form of how an unenjoyable time was had by all.” FormMarriedPagesNarrativeAncestorWeepingHardyBalladsWeeping Willows Book:The Strange Necessity: Essays and Reviews Source: The Strange Necessity: Essays and Reviews
“Labor is rest--from the sorrow that greet us; Rest from all petty vexations that meet us, Rest from sin-promptings that ever entreat us, Rest from the world-sirens that hire us to ill. 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!” WorldHeartCareLyingWaitingSinSorrowPureLaborIllWoePettyWeepingPillowSlumberResoluteSirensStoutVexationWeeping Willows Author:Frances Sargent Osgood
“Lie not down wearied 'neath Woe's weeping willow; work with a stout heart and resolute will.” HeartLyingWorkWoeWeepingResoluteStoutWeeping Willows Author:Frances Sargent Osgood
“I spent my childhood outdoors on my grandparents' farm. I learned to ride a motorbike when I was about six, a little PeeWee 50. I'd climb trees - there was a big weeping willow.” LittlesBigsTreeChildhoodSixClimbsFarmsGrandparentWeepingMotorbikeWillow TreesWeeping Willows Author:Miranda Kerr
“I’m alone with the ghost of the swamp, somewhere near the weeping willows.” GhostWeepingSwampsWeeping Willows Author:Steven Herrick
“Just as a dancer, turning and turning, may fill the dusty light with the soft swirl of her flying skirts, our weeping willow -- now old and broken , creaking in the breeze -- turns slowly, slowly in the winter sun, sweeping the rusty roof of the barn with the pale blue lacework of her shadow.” MayLightTurnsSunBrokenShadowBlueWinterFlyingDancerPaleRoofBreezeWeepingDecemberSkirtsSweepingBarnsSwirlsWeeping Willows Author:Ted Kooser
“When you get into Louisiana, it really is like a different country in a lot of ways. The plants you see are a little different, like the weeping willows and the cypress trees that come up out of the bayou. And it's steamy hot.” WayLittlesDifferentCountryTreeHotPlantCome UpWeepingLouisianaDifferent CountriesCypressesBayouCypress TreesWeeping Willows Author:Sam Trammell
“Everyone has a family tree; the Dawsons have one, it's a weeping willow.” FamilyTreeWeepingWeeping Willows Author:Les Dawson