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 For ivy climbs the crumbling hall
 To decorate decay.  
 For ivy climbs the crumbling hall
 To decorate decay. 
 Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green,
 That creepeth o'er ruins old!
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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.
    . . . .
     Creeping where no life is seen,
      A rare old plant is the ivy green. 
 As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone,
 And hides the ruin that it feeds upon.  
 As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone,
 And hides the ruin that it feeds upon. 
 Wall must get the weather stain
 Before they grow the ivy.  
 Wall must get the weather stain
 Before they grow the ivy. 
 On my velvet couch reclining,
 Ivy leaves my brow entwining,
  While my soul expands with glee,
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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? 
Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd.
Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd.
 Bring, bring the madding Bay, the drunken wine;
 The creeping, dirty, courtly Ivy join.  
 Bring, bring the madding Bay, the drunken wine;
 The creeping, dirty, courtly Ivy join. 
 Where round some mould'ring tow'r pale ivy creeps,
 And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps.  
 Where round some mould'ring tow'r pale ivy creeps,
 And low-brow'd rocks hang nodding o'er the deeps. 
 Direct
 The clasping ivy where to climb.  
 Direct
 The clasping ivy where to climb.