 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pages
...o'er pipe and mug, Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been ! " Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...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 - 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 - 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.... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pages
...produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millious, think. BYRON, Ъou Juaп, canto iii. st. 88. — For of all sad WORDS of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : "It might have been ! " JG Wn ITT IER, Maitd Muller. — For WORDS are wise men's counters, they do but... | |
 | William Swinton - 1877 - 278 pages
...went sailing away to the West.—Kingdey. 4. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll!—Byron. 5. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these—" It might have been."—Whitticr. 6. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.—Shelley.... | |
 | Annie Thomas - 1877 - 260 pages
...the avenue, through the shivering autumn leaves, and across the lawn to the house. " ' God help us both, and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall ! ' " Rowley quotes jerkily as they ascend the steps. " I went a header before Annie, long ago, you... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1878 - 446 pages
...o'er pipe and mug, Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been! " Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...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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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 : 
