The shady trees cover him with their shadows; the Willows of the brook compass him about (xl. 22).
And again, Isaiah, in two places, speaks of its connection with the brook:
That which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the Willows (xv. 7).
They shall spring up as among the grass, as Willows by the water-courses (xliv. 4).
And Ezekiel refers to this habit of the Willow:
He took also of the seed of the land, and placed it by great waters, and set it as a Willow-tree (xvii. 5).
And in referring to profane authors, we find Milton speaking of
—the rushy-fringed bank
Where grows the Willow.
An anonymous writer, too, mentions