 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
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1888 - 366 pages
...flowers, And in an earlier age than ours Was gifted with the wondrous powers Lost vision to restore. 25 It gave new strength, and fearless mood ; And gladiators,...who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. 3° Then in Life's goblet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the colored waters... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - 1889 - 378 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." The lady's-mantle, too (Alchemilla vulgaris), was once in great request,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1890 - 352 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 daily food ; & And he who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. Then in Life's goblet freely press, The... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 402 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. Nor prize its colored... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1891 - 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.... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1891 - 408 pages
...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 waters freely press Those things which give it bitterness, Nor prize its colored waters less ; For... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1902 - 924 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. 30 Then in Life's goblet freely press The leaves that give it bitterness, Nor prize the colored waters... | |
 | John Phin - 1902 - 464 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. And these old and well-known reasons were proliably those which Sh. had in mind when he, through Ophelia,... | |
 | John Phin - 1902 - 464 pages
...the wondrous powers Lost vision to restore. It gave new strength and fearless mood ; And glndiators fierce and rude, Mingled it In their daily food; And...who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. And these old and well-known reasons were probably those which Sh. had in miud when he, through Ophelia,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1893 - 924 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 daily food ; Aud he who battled and subdued, A wreath of fennel wore. 30 Then iu Life's goblet freely press The... | |
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