 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
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 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...us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall ; For all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " IT MIGHT HAVE SEEK ! " Ah, well ! for us... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 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... | |
 | Star reciter - 1873 - 330 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...from human eyes ; And in the hereafter angels may 'loll the stone from its grave away ! JG Whit'ier. A WOMAN OF MIND. MY wife is a woman of mind, And... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 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...from human eyes ; And, in the hereafter, angels may Eoll the stone from its grave away ! THE RANGER. ROBERT RAWLIN ! — Frosts were falling When the ranger's... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...been." Alas for maiden, alas for judge, For rich repincr and household drudge ! God pity them both 1 gaze Through golden vistas into heaven, — Those...Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plum« Is spark [{oil the stone from its grave away I 76 77 QUAKERDOM. THE FORMAL CALL. Тниоисп her forced,... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 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... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...duty, and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been !" Pimlico, London, 3d January, 1S31. works of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : "It might have been ! " Ah, well ! for us all some... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1873 - 614 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...us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall ; For all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN I" Ah, well ! for us all... | |
 | Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1874 - 764 pages
...course, turns on "what might have been," and the moral is brought in delightfully at the close : — " Alas, for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...hereafter angels may Roll the stone from its grave away ! " This poem is an excellent piece of art ; its workmanship will stand the test of time. It may not... | |
 | 1874 - 586 pages
...mark the conclusion, which for delicacy of touch may match with the workmanship of any master-hand. 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... | |
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