 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 418 pages
...at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden,...from human eyes ; And, in the hereafter, angels may Boll the stone from its grave away ! THE RANGER. ROBERT RAWLIN ! — Frosts were falling When the ranger's... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden,...words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " It might have been l' Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; And,... | |
 | Recitations - 1876 - 734 pages
...saw, And joy was duty aud love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Buying only, " Jt might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge,...words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: " It might have been I' Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes; And, in... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...the chimney lug, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been ! " Alas for maiden,...It might have been ! " Ah, well ! for us all some swect hope lies, Deeply buried from human eyes ; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from... | |
 | mrs. Newton Sears - 1877 - 302 pages
...sympathy, its story of a bright future, and its sorry sequel of misplaced trust and broken troth. " God pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall,...words of tongue, or pen, The saddest are these, — It might have been !" It was past nine o'clock when Nesta was ushered into Nurse Thomas's little cosy... | |
 | 1877 - 800 pages
...language is chaste. The poet plays upon the heart, and I sometimes find my eyes watering when I come to, ' God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the...youth recall. ' For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest of these : " It might have been ! " . ' Ah, well for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...life again, Saying only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for judge, For rich repiiier and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity...Who vainly the dreams of youth recall ; For of all sail words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : "It might hare been ! Ah, well ! for us all some... | |
 | Annette, Eliza Tabor - 1877 - 324 pages
...over. I find myself repeating ^ again and again "V^ittier's melancholy lines " Of all the sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these — it might have been. Ah, well, for us all some bright hope lies Deeply buried from mortal eyes ; Yet from its grave, hereafter, may Some angel roll... | |
 | Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert - English language - 1877 - 112 pages
...they did here. — Lincoln. 2. The wind flower and the violet, they perished long ago. — Bryant. 3. God pity them both, and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. — Whittier. 4. The south wind searches for the flowers, Whose fragrance late he bore. — Bryant.... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1878 - 446 pages
...the chimney lug, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been! " Alas for maiden,...from human eyes ; And, in the hereafter, angels may Boll the stone from its grave away! THE BAREFOOT BOY. BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot boy,... | |
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Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, 
