| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...only, " It might have been." Alas, for maiden, alas, for judge, For rich repiner and household drudge! God pity them both, and pity us all, Who vainly the...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away f Not with hatred's undertow Doth the Love Eternal flow ; Every chain that spirits wear Crumbles in... | |
| American periodicals - 1855 - 846 pages
...only, " it might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongne or pen, The saddest are these : " It might have been ! ' Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope... | |
| Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1860 - 628 pages
...11 a 537 6 4 feet 031 7 6 30 SU 7 8 429 921 556 11 9 632 7 0 h'd 136 751 NOVEMBER hath 30 days. 1862 Ah ! well for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried...And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from the grave away. Aspects, Holidays, Events, Weather, &c. Farmer's Calendar. llSa. 2| E. ЗМо 4 Tu.... | |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1893 - 482 pages
...loving him for it. Indeed, it is almost enough to make us forgive that invidiously dreadful rhyme: " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been! ' " "Skipper Ireson's Bide," on the other hand, has much of the true ballad quality... | |
| David W. Bartlett, D. W. (David W. ). Bartlett - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 408 pages
...youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these: " It might have been 1 n Ah! well for us all, some sweet hope lies Deeply buried...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away. The clear, bright morning, the burning noon, the still, calm evening, the rocky mountains of New England,... | |
| David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...only, "It might have been." Alu for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge I God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the...dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these : " It might have been I " Ah ! well for us all, some sweet hope lie*... | |
| 1857 - 686 pages
...all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest aro these: 'It might have been!' "Ah, well ! for us all...from human eyes ; " And, in the hereafter, angels may Koll the stone from its grave away !" Except that " been" is made to rhyme with "again" and "pen,"... | |
| 1857 - 678 pages
...• It might have been.' "AlaŤ for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich rcpiner and household drudge ! " God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the...youth recall. " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, Tho saddest are these: 'It might have been!' "Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply... | |
| Mary Wolcott Janvrin - 1857 - 416 pages
...cooling streams live longest in our hearts ! Well for us, if Regret walk not hand in hand with Memory ! For " Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : ' It might have been ! ' " Thus, in that hour, it was doubly bitter to the remorse-stricken man who bowed... | |
| American literature - 1857 - 694 pages
...It might have been.' • Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repioer and household drudge! " God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams ut'youth recall. " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest aro these: 'It might have been!'... | |
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