Brewer's: Fennel

Said to restore lost vision and to give courage.

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 their daily food; And he who battled and subdued The wreath of fennel wore.

Longfellow: The Goblet of Life, stanza 6.

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