 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
 | Maria Price La Touche - 1853 - 960 pages
...for your grief, though I hardly know what it is." And thus they parted for the night. CHAPTER XII. 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.... | |
 | Catherine Anne Hubback - 1854 - 934 pages
...since the duties of life have been her aim, she has realized happiness and peace of mind. L'ENVOI. 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 ! And he who... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 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 - 1855 - 568 pages
...earlier age than ours, Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. MISCELLANEOUS. 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 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... | |
 | C F. R - 1855 - 154 pages
...••••• --••• 600059606W TRIALS; OR, LIFE'S LESSONS, Sums of ^lonwstit Salts. CFR 11 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 Ikht and strength they give." LO.NDOS :... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1855 - 424 pages
...powers Lost vision to restore. " It gave new strength and fearless mood, And gladiators fierce and rurle Mingled it in their daily food ; And he who battled and subdued, The wreuth of Fennel bore." The name of Fennel, as well as its older name of Finckle, and also the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 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 - 1856 - 432 pages
...restore. It gave new strength and fearless mood; And gladiators, fierce and nide, 160 THE GOBLET OF LIFE. Mingled it in their daily food; And he who battled...that give it bitterness, Nor prize the colored waters leas, For in thy darkness and distress New light and strength they give! And he who has not learned... | |
 | William Arnold Bromfield - 1856 - 730 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. ' t? 1. F. vulgare, Gsertn. Common Fennel. " Leaves biternate, leaflets... | |
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