 | Sallie J. Hancock - Montana - 1866 - 334 pages
...Miiller ; you remember reading it to me one evening when we sat under the cedars at Brightland — " ' For of all sad words of tongue or pen, . The saddest are these — ' It might have been. ' " " Whittier was wrong, Jennie. There are words sadder far than these — of fuller,... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 1866 - 494 pages
...well. Yea, and women too, alas ! "' God pity them both, and pity ns all. Who can not the dreams of love recall. ' For of all sad words of tongue or pen The saddest are these : " it might have been." " I shall go mad in this solitude. It is no use for me to disguise the fact, I am... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1868 - 246 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Charles A. Wiley - Elocution - 1869 - 456 pages
..." It might have been." 13. Alas for maiden,jilas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge I 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 HAVE BEEN ! " Ah, well ! for... | |
 | 1869 - 514 pages
...language in which those feelings find unconscious expression are always of the mournfulest complexion : " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : ' It migld liane been.' " It may be argued that one of the chief reasons why many are unsuccessful is the... | |
 | Universalism - 1869 - 1042 pages
...law.' Then brambles and helenium for ' rich repiner and household drudge,' and then the asphodel, ' For of all sad words of tongue or pen. The saddest are these, It might have been ! '' A sheet of autumn leaves appropriately closes the volume — dying leaves, emblems... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Elocution - 1870 - 396 pages
...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...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... | |
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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 : 
