 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
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...gifted with the wondruus powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength and fearless moot! ; And gladiators, fierce and rude, Mingled it in their daily food ; And he who hattled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. Then in Life's goblet freely press The leaves that give... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 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,...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 - 1871 - 656 pages
...Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength and fearless mood j And gladiators, fierce and rude, Mingled it in their...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... | |
 | mrs. Alexander Fraser - 1872 - 260 pages
...inanimate on the ground, just before the Lady Mfflicent's dainty feet. CHAPTER IX THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. ' 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. And he who... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 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, fierce and rude, 5lingled it in their daily food ; And he who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. Then in... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...flowers, And, in an earlier age than ours, Was gifted with the wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. 6. It gave new strength and fearless mood; And gladiators...who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. 7. Then in Life's goblet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the colored water... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1874 - 384 pages
...flowers, A nd 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,...freely press, The leaves that give it bitterness, Jfor prize the colored waters less, For in thy darkness and distress New light and strength they give... | |
 | Elliott W. Preston - 1876 - 206 pages
...alludes to the fennel, and the fennel-wreath with which a victorious gladiator was crowned : — " It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators,...who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore." [Longfellow's " Goblet of Life." (*) " Type of the antique Rome ! Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation... | |
 | Manfred - 1876 - 204 pages
...alludes to the fennel, and the fennel-wreath with wliich a victorious gladiator was crowned : — " It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators,...who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore." [Longfellow's " Goblet of Life." (*) " Type of the antique Rome ! Rich reliquary Of lofty contemplation... | |
 | Language - 1877 - 316 pages
...flowers, And in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers. Lost vision to restore. ft 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... | |
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