 The rich mould of dead men's graves. Creeping where grim death has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green. Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been ; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty...  The Outlook - Page 3161898Full view - About this book
 | M. Alice Bryant - 1894 - 234 pages
...fled, and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been, But the stout old Ivy shall never fade Shall fatten upon the past, For the stateliest building...time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy Green. — Dickens. ANECDOTE OF THE CHAMOMILE. During the Revolutionary War, a British officer, walking in... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1895 - 802 pages
...along the ground, And his leaves he gently waves, As he joyously hugs and crawleth round The rich mould of dead men's graves. Creeping where grim death has...time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green. FROM " THE SAINT'S TRAGEDY " SONG OH ! that we two were Maying Down the stream of the soft spring breeze... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1895 - 810 pages
...might, on left and right, Shall tread the paynim down. Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, From its hale and hearty green. The brave old plant,...time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green. Till on the Mount Moriah The Pope of Rome shall stand ; The Kaiser and the King of France Shall guard... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1895 - 552 pages
...never fade From its hale and hearty green. The brave old plant, in its lonely days, Shall fatten on the past; For the stateliest building man can raise...Time has been, A rare old plant is the ivy green. CHARLES DICKENS. LOVE AND GLORY. YOUNG Henry was as brave a youth As ever graced a gallant story, And... | |
 | 1900 - 640 pages
...and hearty green. The brave old plant in its lonely days Shall fatten upon the past For the daintiest building man can raise, Is the ivy's food at last:...time has been. A rare old plant is the ivy green. Beneath rolls the Medway, on the bosom of which is still carried on the coal trade with which Mr. Micawber... | |
 | 1896 - 532 pages
...along the ground, And his leaves he gently waves, As he joyously hugs and crawleth round The rich mould of dead men's graves. Creeping where grim death has...time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green. THOMAS EDWARD BROWN [1830-1897} f!2 MY GARDEN A GARDEN is a lovesome thing, God wot! Rose plot, Fringed... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 494 pages
...stanch old heart has he. How closely he twineth, how tight he clings, To his friend the huge Oak-Tree! And slyly he traileth along the ground, And his leaves...time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy Green. STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY To ayoid fine, this book should be returned r, or before the date last... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1897 - 574 pages
...old plant in its lonely days. Shall fatten upon the past : For the stateliest building man can raiso, Is the Ivy's food at last. Creeping on, where time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green. While the old gentleman repeated these lines a second time, to enable Mr. Snodgrass to note them down,... | |
 | Northwest Territories Council of Public Instruction - 1897 - 628 pages
...lonely days Shall fatten upon the past, For the stateliest 'milding man can raise Is the Ivy's home at last. Creeping on, where time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy Green. Grammar and Composition. I. "Grammar is not absolutely essential although it is desirable." Explain... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 624 pages
...along the ground, And his leaves he gently waves, As he joyously huga and crawleth round The rich mould of dead men's graves. Creeping where grim death has...time has been, A rare old plant is the Ivy green. While the old gentleman repeated these lines a second time, to enable Mr. Snodgrass to note them down,... | |
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