|
| Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. |
| Ivy (Hedera Helix) |
| For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay. Bailey—Festus. Sc. A Large Party and Entertainment. | 1 |
| 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. E. B. Browning—Aurora Leigh. Bk. II. | 2 |
| Walls must get the weather stain Before they grow the ivy. E. B. Browning—Aurora Leigh. Bk. VIII. | 3 |
| The rugged trees are mingling Their flowery sprays in love; The ivy climbs the laurel To clasp the boughs above. Bryant—The Serenade. | 4 |
| As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, And hides the ruin that it feeds upon. Cowper—The Progress of Error. L. 285. | 5 |
| 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. * * * * Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the ivy green. Dickens—Pickwick. Ch. VI. | 6 |
| Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. Milton—Paradise Lost. Bk. IX. L. 216. | 7 |
| On my velvet couch reclining, Ivy leaves my brow entwining, While my soul expands with glee, What are kings and crowns to me? Moore—Odes of Anacreon. Ode XLVIII. | 8 |
| Bring, bring the madding Bay, the drunken vine; The creeping, dirty, courtly Ivy join. Pope—The Dunciad. Bk. I. L. 303. | 9 |
| Round broken columns clasping ivy twin’d. Pope—Windsor Forest. L. 69. | 10 |
| Where round some mould’ring tow’r pale ivy creeps, And low-brow’d rocks hang nodding o’er the deeps. Pope—Eloisa to Abelard. L. 243. | 11 |
| CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD | ||||
 | ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore. | ||||
| ||||
| Shakespeare · Bible · Saints · Anatomy · Harvard Classics · Lit. History · Quotations · Poetry | ||||
| © 1993–2013 Bartleby.com · [Top 150] | ||||
