 And for him who sat by the chimney lug, 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 took up her burden of life again, Saying only, 'It might have been.' Alas for maiden, alas for...  A Library of American Literature... - Page 368by Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 882 pages
...of life again, Saying only, "It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich refiner and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. And the proud man sighed, with a secret pain : For of all sad words of tongue or pen, "Ah, that I were... | |
 | Louise Chandler Moulton - American literature - 1859 - 450 pages
...months my husband. I have told you how the waves brought him back again to my feet. JEW m ijj* Uollq. God pity them both ! and pity us all Who vainly 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... | |
 | Louise Chandler Moulton - American literature - 1859 - 440 pages
...my husband. I have told you how the waves brought him back again to my feet. JBtat urn tjtf f alieg. God pity them both ! and pity us all Who vainly the...from human eyes ; And, in the hereafter, angels may Koll the stone from its grave away ! WHITTIEK. THE MIST OVER THE VALLEY. Tl /TY wife was dead. I had... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge t God pity them both, and pity us all, Who vainly the...have been!" Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lie* Deeply buried from human eyes ; And, in the hereafter, angels may Boll the Btone from its grave... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 552 pages
...duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away! COVENTRY PATMOKE. {"The Angel in the Home." 1856.] THE ESPOUSALS. BY THE SEA. I, WHILE the shop-girl... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 340 pages
...duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away ! THE RANGER. ROBERT RAWLIN ! — Frosts were falling When the ranger's horn was calling Through the... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 526 pages
...duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...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... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 560 pages
...duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...saddest are these: "It might have been !' Ah, well ! for ns all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the... | |
 | Hymns - Hymns, English - 1861 - 464 pages
...Lyrics by AA PROCTOB. " It might have been." Of all the sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest words are these, — " It might have been." " Ah ! well...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away." WHITTIER. AT eve, when o'er the lonely soul, Swift waves of thought and memory roll, When Fancy, with... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...life but to follow Meekly, with reverent steps, the sacred feet of the Saviour. LONGFELLOW. Ah, well I for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from...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... | |
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