 | Charles Dickens - 1838 - 732 pages
...question. " I call them," said he, THE IVY GREEN. 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. The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, . To pleasure his dainty whim : And the mouldering dust that... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1838 - 300 pages
...question. " I call them," said he, THE IVY GREEN. . 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. The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, , To pleasure his dainty whim : And the mouldering dust that... | |
 | Charles Dickens - England - 1838 - 440 pages
...question. "I call them," said he, THE IVY GREEN. Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old ! Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, In hie cell so lone and cold. The wall must be crumbled, the stone decay'd, To pleasure his dainty whim... | |
 | Vauxhall comic song-book - 1847 - 238 pages
...Jewell. OH, a rare old prig is vun Ikey Green, Though he's getting rayther old, And right queer too, is his meals, I ween, In his cell so lone and cold. The walls may be granite or whate'er made, Aye, let 'em be ever so grim. He'll try and break through—it's a... | |
 | 1850 - 98 pages
...Poetry by Charles Dickens.—Music by Henry Russell. OH ! a dainty plant is the ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old ! Of right choice food are his meals,...ween, In his cell so lone and cold. The walls must be crumbl'd, the stones decay'd, To pleasure his dainty whim ; And the mould'ring dust that years have... | |
 | Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - Hymns, English - 1858 - 152 pages
...grave. IVY GREEX. G. DICKENS.—Music at Davidson's. OH ! a dainty plant is the ivy green That creepeth o'er ruins old, Of right choice food are his meals...so lone and cold. The walls must be crumbled, the stones deca Is a merry meal for him. Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the ivy green,... | |
 | Education - 1859 - 396 pages
...humanity." THE SPECULATORS. Ity, growing on THE IVY GREEN. 0, 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. The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, To pleasure his dainty whim ; And the mouldering dust that... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1859 - 838 pages
...! TKOMA» ВООПАЯАЯ BEAD. THE IVY GREEN". On! »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. Tbf walls must be crumbled, the stones decayed, Ti) pleasure his dainty whim ; Ami the mould'ring dust... | |
 | Ballads, American - 1860 - 132 pages
...ivy green, In his cell so lone and cold. The wall must be crumbled, the stones decayed. That creepeth o'er ruins old; Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, To pleasure his dainty whim, And the mouldering dust that years have made, Is a merry meal for him.... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...Ivy-Green of DICKENS is a gem of the purest water:— Oh ! a dainty plant is the Ivy-green, that creepeth o'er ruins old ' Of right choice food are his meals,...so lone and cold. The walls must be crumbled, the stones decayed, to pleasure his dainty whim ; Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the... | |
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o'er ruins old ; Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, In his cell so lone and cold. The walls must be crumbled, the 
