 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
 | Harriet Parr - 1859 - 350 pages
...FROM DAT TO DAT . . . .262 VII. A CHRISTMAS ROSE . . . . . 291 PART THIRD. jstorut " THE.V 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... | |
 | Holme Lee - 1860 - 452 pages
...they are gone, and then we are too busy gathering in our fruit much to heed the loss. PART THIRD "TnKN in life's goblet freely press The leaves that give...bitterness, Nor prize the colored waters less, For In thy divkness and distress New light and strength they give! "And he who has not learned to know How false... | |
 | Mrs. Frances West Atherton Pike - 1860 - 310 pages
...and, blended together, the trembling voices breathed — " God bless thee, my son !" CHAPTEE XIV. " 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 life they give I " LONGFELLOW.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength and fearless mood ; And gladiators, fieree and rude, Mingled it in their daily food ; And he who battled mid subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. Then in Life's goblet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 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... | |
 | Joseph Whitaker Stapleton - 1861 - 418 pages
...How bitter are tho drops of woe With which life's cup may overflow, He has not learned to live. • " Then in life's goblet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness ; Nor prize tho coloured waters less; For in your darkness and distress New light and strength they give." Adaptation,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 pages
...powers Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength and fearless mood ; And gladiators, fierce and rnde, Mingled it in their daily food ; And he who battled...The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the coloured water less, 3?or in thy darkness and distress, New light and strength they give ! And he who... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1862 - 642 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...he who battled and subdued A wreath of fennel wore, 4 Then in Life's goblet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the coloured waters... | |
 | Harriet Parr - 1862 - 426 pages
...and then we are too busy gathering in our fruit much to heed the loss. PART THIED. £iĞrm ffiin&a. " 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 I " And he... | |
 | Margaret Plues - 1863 - 438 pages
...ours, Was gifted with the wondrous powers Lost vision to restore. "It gave new strength and daring mood; And gladiators fierce and rude Mingled it in...who battled and subdued, A wreath of Fennel wore." The plant has dark, green leaves and yellow blossoms. Its FENNEL. 139 real association in the present... | |
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