For ivy climbs the crumbling hall
To decorate decay.
Philip James Bailey
Quotes , Source: Festus (sc. A Large Party and Entertainment)
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That headlong ivy! not a leaf will grow
But thinking of a wreath, . . .
I like such ivy; bold to leap a height
'Twas strong to climb! as good to grow on graves
As twist about a thyrsus; pretty too
(And that's not ill) when twisted round a comb.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Quotes , Source: Aurora Leigh (bk. II)
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The rugged trees are mingling
Their flowery sprays in love;
The ivy climbs the laurel
To clasp the boughs above.
William Cullen Bryant
Quotes , Source: The Serenade
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As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone,
And hides the ruin that it feeds upon.
William Cowper
Quotes , Source: The Progress of Error (l. 285)
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Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green,
That creepeth o'er ruins old!
Of right choice food are his meals I ween,
In his cell so lone and cold.
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Creeping where no life is seen,
A rare old plant is the ivy green.
Charles Dickens
Quotes , Source: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (ch. VI)
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The clasping ivy where to climb.
John Milton
Quotes , Source: Paradise Lost (bk. IX, l. 216)
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On my velvet couch reclining,
Ivy leaves my brow entwining,
While my soul expands with glee,
What are kings and crowns to me?
Thomas Moore
Quotes , Source: Odes of Anacreon (ode XLVIII)
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Bring, bring the madding Bay, the drunken wine;
The creeping, dirty, courtly Ivy join.
Alexander Pope
Quotes , Source: The Dunciad (bk. I, l. 303)
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Where round some mould'ring tow'r pale ivy creeps,
And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps.
Alexander Pope
Quotes , Source: Eloisa to Abelard (l. 243)
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