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| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Willow (Salix) |
| I’ll hang my harp on a willow tree. John, Lord Elphinstone. Also credited to Thos. Haynes Bayly. | 1 |
| Willow, in thy breezy moan, I can hear a deeper tone; Through thy leaves come whispering low, Faint sweet sounds of long ago— Willow, sighing willow! Felicia D. Hemans—Willow Song. | 2 |
| All a green willow, willow, All a green willow is my garland. John Heywood—The Green Willow. | 3 |
| The willow hangs with sheltering grace And benediction o’er their sod, And Nature, hushed, assures the soul They rest in God. Crammond Kennedy—Greenwood Cemetery. | 4 |
| Near the lake where drooped the willow, Long time ago. George P. Morris—Near the Lake. | 5 |
| We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. Psalms. CXXXVII. 2. | 6 |
| Know ye the willow-tree, Whose grey leaves quiver, Whispering gloomily To yon pale river? Lady, at even-tide Wander not near it: They say its branches hide A sad, lost spirit! Thackeray—The Willow-Tree. | 7 |
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