Poison Ivy

Famous quotes containing the words poison and/or ivy:

“My heart pumps yet the poison draught of you.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)

“Dwell on her graciousness, dwell on her smiling,
Do not forget what flowers
The great boar trampled down in ivy time.
Her brow was creamy as the crested wave,
Her sea-blue eyes were wild
But nothing promised that is not performed.”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)