 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
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 104 pages
...and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...angels may Roll the stone from its grave away ! SKIPPER IKESON'S EIDE. ;"|F all the rides since the birth of time, Told in story or sung in rhyme, — On Apuleius's... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...o'er pipe and mug, Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been ! " Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner...It might have been ! " Ah, well ! for us all some swect hope lies, Deeply buried from human eyes ; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from... | |
 | mrs. Newton Sears - 1877 - 302 pages
...sympathy, its story of a bright future, and its sorry sequel of misplaced trust and broken troth. " God pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall,...words of tongue, or pen, The saddest are these, — It might have been !" It was past nine o'clock when Nesta was ushered into Nurse Thomas's little cosy... | |
 | 1877 - 800 pages
...language is chaste. The poet plays upon the heart, and I sometimes find my eyes watering when I come to, ' God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the...youth recall. ' For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest of these : " It might have been ! " . ' Ah, well for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...life again, Saying only, " It might have been." Alas for maiden, alas for judge, For rich repiiier and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity...Who vainly the dreams of youth recall ; For of all sail words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : "It might hare been ! Ah, well ! for us all some... | |
 | Annette, Eliza Tabor - 1877 - 324 pages
...over. I find myself repeating ^ again and again "V^ittier's melancholy lines " Of all the sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these — it might have been. Ah, well, for us all some bright hope lies Deeply buried from mortal eyes ; Yet from its grave, hereafter, may Some angel roll... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 580 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 HAWI.IS- ! — Frosts were, falling When the ranger's horn was calling Through... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 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...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away ! " JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. RAMON. REFUGTO MINE, NORTHERN MEXICO. Drunk and senseless in his place,... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - Elocution - 1878 - 422 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. " CURPEW MUST NOT RING TO-NIGHT." [This touching incident in English history should... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1878 - 556 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 Gone the summer's... | |
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