 God pity them both! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have been...  Complete Poetical Works - Page 48by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1910 - 489 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...been." Alas, for maiden, alas, for judge, For rich repiner and household drudge! God pity them both, and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall....some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away f Not with hatred's undertow Doth... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 846 pages
...been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongne or pen, The saddest are these : " It might have been ! ' Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1860 - 628 pages
...11 a 537 6 4 feet 031 7 6 30 SU 7 8 429 921 556 11 9 632 7 0 h'd 136 751 NOVEMBER hath 30 days. 1862 Ah ! well for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes, And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from the grave away. Aspects, Holidays, Events, Weather,... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1893 - 482 pages
...loving him for it. Indeed, it is almost enough to make us forgive that invidiously dreadful rhyme: " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been! ' " "Skipper Ireson's Bide," on the other hand, has much of the true ballad quality... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...been." Alu for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge I God pity them 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 I " Ah ! well for us all, some sweet hope lie*... | |
 | David W. Bartlett, D. W. (David W. ). Bartlett - Biography & Autobiography - 1855 - 408 pages
...youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these: " It might have been 1 n Ah! well for us all, some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away. The clear, bright morning, the... | |
 | 1857 - 686 pages
...all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest aro these: 'It might have been!' "Ah, well ! for us all...some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; " And, in the hereafter, angels may Koll the stone from its grave away !" Except that " been" is... | |
 | 1857 - 678 pages
...been.' "Ala« for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich rcpiner and household drudge ! " God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, Tho saddest are these: 'It might have been!' "Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply... | |
 | Mary Wolcott Janvrin - 1857 - 416 pages
...cooling streams live longest in our hearts ! Well for us, if Regret walk not hand in hand with Memory ! For " Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : ' It might have been ! ' " Thus, in that hour, it was doubly bitter to the remorse-stricken man who bowed... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 pages
...been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall....some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away ! ANOTHKB hand is beckoning us,... | |
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