meed > reward (the laurel, sacred to Apollo, was used to make a crown for conquerors or poets)

2 And poets sage; the fir that weeps still;

weeps still > continuously exudes resin

3 The willow, worn of forlorn paramours;

of > by; habitually by

4 The yew, obedient to the bender's will;

bender > [archer: the yew was traditionally used for longbows]

5 The birch for shafts; the sallow for the mill;

mill > ?mill-wheel; ?cogs of the mill (or because the sallow grows by water)

6 The myrrh sweet bleeding in the bitter wound;