 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 - 1877 - 634 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,...fennel wore. | Then in Life's goblet freely press I The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the coloured waters less, For in thy darkness and distress... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 238 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 ! Aud he who... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1878 - 300 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." Cf. 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. 267 : " and a' plays at quoits well, and eats conger and fennel."* Columbines.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1892 - 300 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 in their daiiy food ; And he who battled and subdued A wreath of fennel wore." Cf. 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. 267 : "and... | |
 | Emma Raymond Pitman - 1878 - 380 pages
...while by her side stood the house-surgeon and Miss Mervyn. 311 CHAPTER XLV. BASIL AT HOME AGAIN. " 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 life they give ! " And he who has not learned... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 562 pages
...wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; Aud gladiators, tierce and rude, Mingled it in their daily food ; And he...freely press, The leaves that give it bitterness, Sor prize the colored waters less, For in thy darkness and distress New light and strength they give... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1879 - 328 pages
...in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers, n-ers, Lost vision to restore. 1t gave new strength and fearless mood; And gladiators,...who battled and subdued A wreath of fennel wore." Cf. 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. 267: " and a' plays at quoits well, and eats conger and fennel."* Columbines.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 328 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 - 1880 - 584 pages
...wondrous powers, Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators, Herce and rude, Mingled it in their daily food ; And he who battled ami subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. Then in Life's goblet freely press, The leaves that give it bitterness,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 300 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." Cf. 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. 267 : "and a' plays at quoits well, and eats conger and fennel."* Columbines.... | |
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