yew

• The place smelt of box and sweetbriar and yew, and when you lay down on the grass where it grew short under the old yew tree by the fountain, you could see nothing but placid sky and waving green leaves. —  One Man's Initiation—1917
• What else could it have been but the yew--the sacred yew which our ancestors were in the habit of planting in their churchyards? —  Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest
• The sombre green of the yew was more in accord with her mood than the riot of blossom in the gardens beyond, and she was out of sight of those terrible upper windows. —  The Love Affairs of Pixie
• This harmless yew They told me my intent was to root up That well-grown yew, and plant i' the stead of it A wither'd blackthorn; and for that they vow'd To bury me alive. —  The White Devil
• The trunks of such trees as the oak, yew, and fir, are often found mingled with the remains of mosses and reeds, and these often assume a decidedly coaly aspect. —  The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes

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