 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
 | James Fleming - 1866 - 382 pages
...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...! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recal ; For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " It might have been ! " •... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been." 13. Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity us all, \Yho vainly the dreams of youth recall ; 1 Spinet, a musical instrument re- lamp having the oil in... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 pages
...only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge I God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away 1 THE RANGER. ROBERT RAWLIIST ! — Frosts were falling When the ranger's horn was calling Through... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - Quotations - 1866 - 320 pages
...this : It is to live without the vanished light That strength is needed ! IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. G-od pity us all Who vainly the dreams of youth recall,...words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " It might have been !" And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away JG Whittier.... | |
 | Hymns - 1867 - 592 pages
...sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest words are these, — "It might have been." " Ah ! well for ns all, some sweet hope lies, Deeply buried from human...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away." WmTTIEH. AT eve, when o'er the lonely soul, Swift waves of thought and memory roll, When Fancy, with... | |
 | Sallie J. Hancock - Montana - 1867 - 338 pages
...and solemn changes in between — I conclude that quotation as though he was this day my listener: " Ah ! well for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried...human eyes ; And in the hereafter angels may Roll the atone from its grave away." CHAPTER IX. SPRING came — " Flowers in the valley, splendor in the beam... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 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...dreams of youth recall: For of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these—"It might have been!" Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge ' God pity thorn 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!" Ah, well I for us all some sweet hope lies... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - Elocution - 1808 - 596 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...and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity ua all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 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 and household drudge ! God pity them both I and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The... | |
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