 | 1855 - 846 pages
...pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw. And joy was duty and love and law. Then she took np her burden of life again, Saying only, " it might...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... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 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 - 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*... | |
 | David W. Bartlett, D. W. (David W. ). Bartlett - 1855 - 408 pages
...pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love ancUaw. Then she took up the burden of life again, Saying only, "It might have...alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge 1 God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words... | |
 | 1857 - 686 pages
...who sat by the chimney-lug, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe ana inug, *• A manly form at her sido she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. ••...youth recall. " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest aro these: 'It might have been!' "Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply... | |
 | 1857 - 694 pages
...him who sat by the chimuey-lug, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe ana mug, " A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. •' Then...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... | |
 | 1857 - 678 pages
...tho chimney-lug, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, " A manly furm at her side ehe saw, And jay was duty and love was law. " Then she took up her...life again, Saying only, • It might have been.' "Ala« for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich rcpiner and household drudge ! " God pity them both ! and... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...for him who sat by the chimney Ing. 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...words of tongue or pen. The saddest are these : " It might have been !" Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes; And, in... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pages
...for him who sat by the chimney lug, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form at her aide she saw, And joy was duty, and love was law. Then...of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or peu, The saddest are these : " It might have been !" Ah, well I for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply... | |
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God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : 
