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
| 1848 - 466 pages
...ENNA DUVAL. [SEE ENGRAVtNG.] Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted ; If it eurich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back...their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full ot refreshment ; That which the fountain sends forth returns ngain to the fountain. Patience ; accomplish... | |
| Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 pages
...wasted ; If it enrich not the heart ofwiother, its waters, returning I..iek to their springs, Itke'the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment; That which...accomplish thy labour ; accomplish thy work of affection I Sorrow and silence are strontr, and patient endurance is godlike. Tlrreforc accomplish ihy labour... | |
| 432 pages
...Oh, daughter I thy God thus speaketh within theel Talk not of wasted affection ; affection never wu wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, likc'the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment ; That which the fountain sends forth, returns again... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...daughter ! thy God thus speaketh within thee ! Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted ; Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them...returns again to the fountain. Patience ; accomplish thy lahor ; accomplish thy work of affection ! Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is... | |
| Bradford Kinney Peirce, Bradford Kinney Pierce - 1850 - 360 pages
...If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters returning Back to their springs, like the rains, shall fill them full of refreshment. That which the...fountain sends forth, returns again to the fountain. And what son is he, though in after life he may have to grapple with a rough world, who does not, in... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...friend and father-confessor, Said, with a smile : — " O daughter ! thy God thus speaketh within thee ! Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was...fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain. Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. Therefore accomplish thy labour of... | |
| Philarète Chasles - 1852 - 334 pages
...the Mississippi. " Alas, father," says Evangeline, " my love is lost ;" and the old priest said: " Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was...fountain sends forth, returns again to the fountain." This is doubtless very refined for an old Norman priest, but the thought is beautiful and the expression... | |
| Philarète Chasles - 1852 - 334 pages
...the Mississippi. " Alas, father," says Evangeline, " my love is lost ;" and the old priest said: " Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was...fountain sends forth, returns again to the fountain." This is doubtless very refined for an old Norman priest, but the thought is beautiful and the expression... | |
| 1852 - 528 pages
...; and very beautiful and true they are : — " —0, daughter, thy God thus speaketh within thee ! Talk not of wasted affection — affection never was...fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain." A band of exiles pass down the Mississippi in quest of their lost " kith and kin " to the " prairies... | |
| Susan Warner - 1852 - 392 pages
...just hand me ' Evangeline,' there — I want you. to listen to it, Mr Stackpole — here it is — ' Talk not of wasted affection ; affection never was...another, its waters returning Back to their springs, shall fill them full of refreshment. That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain/... | |
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