 Above the lowly plants it towers, The fennel, with its yellow flowers, And in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators, fierce and rude, Mingled it in...  Ballads and Other Poems - Page 122by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 132 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 544 pages
...• And in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. " It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators,...wreath of fennel wore. " Then in Life's goblet freely pres1-, The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the colored waters lesfl, For m thy darkness... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...flowers, And in an earlier age than ours ^ Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators,...who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. ' t Then in Life's goblet freely press, The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the colored waters... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. THE GOBLET OF LIFE. 181 It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators,...The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the colour'd waters less, For in thy darkness and distress New light and strength they give ! And he who... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1846 - 1024 pages
...about, had almost already compensated this man of few smiles for that. EMILIA WYNDHAM. CHAPTER XIX. Then in Life's goblet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the coloured waters less, For in thy darkness and distress New light and strength they give. LONGFELLOW.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...flowers, And in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators,...their daily food ; And he who battled and subdued, The wreath of fennel wore. Then in Life's goblet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor... | |
 | 1892 - 688 pages
...flowers, And in an earlier age than oura Was gifted with the wondrous power« Lost vision to rcatore ; It gave new strength and fearless mood, And gladiators...in their daily food, And he who battled and subdued The wreath of Fennel »ore. С. Ы. Co uU [The linea are apparently by Scott] On a summer's night in... | |
 | 1863 - 896 pages
...confident hope of the successful consummation of His great and glorious plan of salvation. SOBROW. Then in life's goblet freely press, The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor piize the colored waters less, For in thy darkness and distress New light and strength they give. And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...flowers, And in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength and fearless mood ; And gladiators...The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the coloured waters less, For in thy darkness and distress New light and strength they give ! And he who... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...flowers, And in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators,...The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the coloured waters less, For in thy darkness and distress New light and strength they give ! How bitter... | |
 | Frances Fay - 1853 - 272 pages
...would allay the fever that I knew was burning in her veins. 11 CHAPTER IX. THE DISCIPLINE OF SUFFERING. Then in life's goblet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the colour'd waters less, For in thy darkness and distress New light and strength they give. ABOUT midnight... | |
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