 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 59by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1871 - 498 pages
...would make him, her own darling, loving Hubert. CHAPTER XIII. " Patience ; accomplish thy labour ; accomplish thy work of affection ! Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. Therefore accomplish thy labour of love, till the heart is made godlike, Purified, strengthened, perfected,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 430 pages
...not really in vain : — EVANGELINE. 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 rains, shall fill them full to refreshment : That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the... | |
 | 432 pages
...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... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 624 pages
...! thy God thus speaketh within thee ! Talk not of wasted affection — affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters,...returns again to the fountain. Patience ; accomplish thy labour ; accomplish thy work of affection ! Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is... | |
 | 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
...daughter ! thy God thus speaketh within thee ! Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters,...fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain. Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. Therefore accomplish thy labour of... | |
 | 1852 - 528 pages
...daughter, thy God thus speaketh within thee ! Talk not of wasted affection — affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters,...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... | |
 | Philarète Chasles - 1852 - 334 pages
...love is lost ;" and the old priest said: " Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters...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... | |
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