weeping willow

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weeping willow

symbolizes grief at loss. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178]

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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 by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

At that sneeze, Harlequin, who until then had been as sad as a weeping willow, smiled happily and leaning toward the Marionette, whispered to him:

The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context

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 by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

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