Word: willows
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college and its benefactors in promoting the cause of science; while the actual appearance of a carefully graded track and athletic ground on Holmes field, on a spot where only last spring a pathetic and unsuccessful swamp struggled for the mastery with a few scattered tennis courts and some willow trees, is calculated to fill the student returning to the bosom of the alma mater with emotions of agreeable surprise. If the freshmen of former year have had cause to wonder at the vastness and extent of the college, what must be the feelings of the freshmen of today...
...runs to their credit, and their places were taken by the Harvards, who in spite of the fine bowling of Phillips and Dutton succeeded in secuing 35 runs. A second inning was played only by the Longwoods as the lateness of the hour prevented Harvard from again wielding the willow. A return match will be played on the Longwood grounds Wednesday...
Ching and Loe, disappointed in their plot, naturally turned to one another for consolation; and the villagers cried "Hurrah!" with enthusiasm. Sue was thus unsuccessful in her designs on Ching. It was not her nature, however, long to wear the willow; she soon turned her batteries on Mnag. His heart, softened by the success of his plans, easily yielded; and he was made happy by the constant companionship of "the only woman he had ever seen who could make use of her approximation to brain." In the general happiness Goe and Bang were not forgotten, for an inexhaustible supply...
...than for ambition's sake. Vaux lingered in England until her marriage with Prince Albert put an end to his wildest hopes, and then returned to his native land. Among his many gifts was a splendid voice; and the old ballad of "I'll Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree" was composed by him, she being the heroine of the plaint...