cypresses

• In this situation, I looked round for a place where he might most conveniently repose:—contrary to the usual aspect of Mahometan burial-grounds, the cypresses were in this few in number, and these thinly scattered over its extent: the tombstones were mostly fallen, and worn with age:—upon one of the most considerable of these, and beneath one of the most spreading trees, Darvell supported himself, in a half-reclining posture, with great difficulty. —  Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6)
• By the roadside, fruit-trees with violet clusters of blossoms against a background of stone-pines, cypresses, and olive-groves. —  Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth
• On its banks were vineyards and cheerful villages; close to where I stood, in a granite basin, with page 10 p. 10 steep and precipitous sides, slumbered a deep, dark lagoon, shaded by black pines, cypresses, and yews. —  Lavengro
• S. Mauro's vision of his master's translation to heaven--the ladder of light issuing between two cypresses, and the angels watching on the tower walls--might even be styled poetical. —  New Italian sketches
• There were no witnesses save the trunks of the cypresses, and the dumb brute of a dog--not so dumb but that it now makes the woods resound with its long-drawn continuous whining. —  The Death Shot A Story Retold

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