Nature
Ivy
From Modern American Poetry (1921)
Nature
Upon the walls the graceful Ivy climbs
And wraps with green the ancient ruin gray:
Romance it is, and these her leafy rhymes
Writ on the granite page of yesterday.
Cite this poem
MLA
Sherman, Frank Dempster. “Ivy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sherman/2/.
Chicago
Sherman, Frank Dempster. “Ivy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sherman/2/.
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