 ... 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 tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been...  The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 240by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 430 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 846 pages
...these : " It might have been ! ' 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 ! NEW CAJÏNOÎÎ. — We understand that the new cannon invented by Dr. Church, and patented by that... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...these : " It might have been I " Ah ! well for us all, some sweet hope lie* 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, the rocky mountains of New England,... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 694 pages
...aro these: 'It might have been!' " Ah, well! for as all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes; " And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away !" Except that" been" is made to rhyme with "again" and "pen," and that a New England country girl... | |
 | 1858 - 882 pages
...for us all some sweet hope lies Where the barefoot maiden raked her hay." Deeply buried from human eyes; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away ! THE HUSBAND'S AND WIFE'S GliAVE. RICHARD HENRY DANA. HCSBAXD and wife! No converse now ye hold, Are... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 pages
...these : " It might have been !" 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 ! ANOTHKB hand is beckoning us, Another call is given ; And glows once more with Angel-steps The path... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...these : " It might have been !" Ah, well I 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 t DEMOCRACY. All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even ко lo them.—... | |
 | Louise Chandler Moulton - American literature - 1859 - 450 pages
...these : "It might have been ! " 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 ! WHITTIER. THE MIST OVER THE VALLEY, Tl /TY wife was dead. I had never loved her — I may IVJ. as... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 526 pages
...these : "It might have been !" 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 I COVENTRY PATMOKE. [" The Angel in the House." 1856.] THE ESPOUSALS. BY THE SEA. I, WHILE the shop-girl... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...feet of the Saviour. LONGFELLOW. Ah, well I 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. HUMILITY. WmrrntE. Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty, and so many my defects, That I would... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - Folk songs - 1861 - 540 pages
...these : " It might have been ! " 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 ! JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. O, WEEL BEFA' THE MAIDEN GAY. O, WEEL befa' the maiden gay, In cottage,... | |
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