Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart, of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment ; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the... Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie - Page 50by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 102 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 pages
...Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Part i. 3. Talk not of wasted affection 1 affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the...like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment. Evanyeline. Part ii. 1. Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. Ibid. And... | |
| Rosa Nouchette Carey - 1914 - 486 pages
...she rose and softly left the room. CHAPTER XXX ' Talk not of wasted affection ; affection never is wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its...like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment i Tliat which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.' Lmgftlltm, ' THE world goes... | |
| James Champlin Fernald - 1914 - 762 pages
...amity? 4. How does friendship differ from /ore? EXAMPLES Talk not of wasted , - — never was wafted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shnll flll them full of refreshment. . peculiar boon of heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride,... | |
| James Champlin Fernald - 1914 - 764 pages
...meaning of comity and amity! 4. How does friendship differ from lovtt EXAMPLES Talk not of wasted , never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning BacV* to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment. , peculiar boon of heaven,... | |
| 1915 - 316 pages
...speaketh within thee! Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted; 720 If it enriches not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back...returns again to the fountain. Patience! accomplish thy labor; accomplish thy work of affection! Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.... | |
| 1915 - 396 pages
...Shrinks and closes the heart, ere the stroke of doom has attained it." L.— (1) (721-722) (Affection) "its waters, returning back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment." (2) Let me essay, O Muse ! LI. — Write a paragraph on "The Muses." Answers— (Lines 741-789). XLIX.... | |
| James Champlin Fernald - 1917 - 352 pages
...power, But treasured in my inmost heart I keep my faded flower HOWARTH 'Tis but a Little Faded Flower. Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was...fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain. LONGFELLOW Evangeline, pt. ii, st. 1. Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon. BYRON Childe... | |
| 1917 - 694 pages
...intelligent and beneficent giving is never wasted. " If It enrich not the heart of another, Its water returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment." After the last analysis has been gone through, success results from keeping the motive of obedience... | |
| Bertram Waldrom Matz - 1918 - 420 pages
...Nell's tender and affectionate regard. And Longfellow enjoins us to " Talk not of wasted affecton ; affection never was wasted ; if it enrich not the...like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment." And if Nell had not lavished all the wealth of her love upon the old man, she would not have been the"... | |
| Charles Clinton Peters - 1918 - 460 pages
...as such, his work should not prosper, still he can not fail. You remember Longfellow's statement : Talk not of wasted affection ; affection never was...the heart of another, its waters returning Back to the springs like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment. And so one might say of loyalty. Whether... | |
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