 | Mme. Charlotte Fiske (Bates) Rogé - 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...from human eyes; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away f Not with hatred's undertow Doth the Love Eternal flow ; Every... | |
 | 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 - 636 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...from human eyes, And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from the grave away. Aspects, Holidays, Events, Weather, &c. Farmer's Calendar. llSa.... | |
 | 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 - Abolitionists - 1855 - 442 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 - 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...from human eyes; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away. The clear, bright morning, the burning noon, the still, calm evening,... | |
 | 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.' "Ala« 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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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: "It might have been... 
