 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
 | Liz Scott - 2003 - 504 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. — from "The Goblet of Life" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1842) the fruity flavor of black currants.... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - 1869 - 540 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." Can no one instruct us a little in the poet's language of flowers? How... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1850 - 780 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 fierce and rude Mingled it with their daily food ; And he who battled and subdued A wreath of fennel wore. Then in Life.'s goblet... | |
 | C. F. Leyel - 2007 - 418 pages
...MILTON (Paradise Lost) FENNEL — FOENICULUM VULGARE So gladiators fierce and rude, Mingled it with their daily food, And he who battled and subdued A wreath of Fennel wore. LONGFELLOW Sylvanus comes with rustic honours crown'd, Fennel and lilies do his brows surround. VIRGIL... | |
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