 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
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
...God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall ; Tor all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " IT MIGHT...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away. CXXIV.— ON RECOGNIZING THE INDEPENDENCE OF GREECE, 1824. CLAY. 1. AEE we so low, so base, so despicable,... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 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...vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad works of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " It might have been !" Ah, well ! for us all some... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 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 ! GARCI PEREZ DE VARGAS. (From Lockharfs Ancient Spanish Ballads.) King Ferdinand alone did stand one... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Elocution - 1870 - 396 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...words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " It might have beenI" Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes; And, in... | |
 | English poetry - 1871 - 476 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 ! JOHN G. WHITTIER. Knight Toggeriburg. " TV7" NIGHT, to love thee like a sister -I-*- Vows this heart... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - English poetry - 1871 - 484 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...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away ! JOHN G. WHITTIER. Knight Toggenburg. NIGHT,' to love thee like a sister Vows this heart to thee ;... | |
 | American poetry - 1871 - 210 pages
...only, "It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge ! ' For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away ! JOHN GREEXLEAF WHITTIER. O, WEEL BEFA' THE MAIDEN GAY. O, WEEL befa' the maiden gay, In cottage,... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 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...vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad works of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " It might have been ! " " Ah, well ! for us all some... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...ïod pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall ; ?or of all sad words of and weaves Of sapless green, and ivy dun, Round stems...kiss the sun, Where the lawns and pastures be And the ; \ml, in the hereafter, angels may loll the stone from its grave away ! JuHN GKUENLEAF WHITTIEK. QUAKERDOM.... | |
 | 1871 - 800 pages
...all the pathos of our weakness, all the agony of our ' divine despair.' . ' God pity them both ! mid pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall ; For of all sad words of tongue or pen. The Biuldcst arc these : " It might have In-en !" ' * Vincula hujus mundi a^ieritatem/iabetitveramtj'ucunililutem... | |
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