shallows

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Not the minutest whisper does it send To the o'erhanging sallows: blades of grass Slowly across the chequer'd shadows pass.

From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various

Sebert around him gazed, A maiden blush upon him thus he spake: 'I know this spot; I stood here once, a boy: 'Twas winter then: the swoll'n and turbid flood Rustled the sallows.

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey

As they penetrated farther into the wood they struck upon a pond closely surrounded by sallows and alders.

From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol

It was Jackson who told me that the former were called Willow and used for making baskets, and he also showed me how to tie the faggots up by twisting the sallows together.

From The Little Savage by Marryat, Frederick

How silent comes the water round that bend; Not the minutest whisper does it send To the o'erhanging sallows: blades of grass Slowly across the chequer'd shadows pass.

From Poems 1817 by Keats, John