 | Mary Abigail Roe - 1876 - 396 pagini
...that was noble and true, and unconsciously she heaved a deep sigh of regret for that lost position. " For of all sad words of tongue, or pen, The saddest are these, ' It might have been.' " • " Ada, Ada, darling, choose now or we part ! " whispered Stokes, drawing her... | |
 | Thomas Edie Hill - 1876 - 360 pagini
...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, The saddest are these : " It might have been .'" Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; And,... | |
 | 1876 - 508 pagini
...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, The saddest are these : " It might have been !" Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; And,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pagini
...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, The saddest are these : " It might have been ! ' Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; And,... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pagini
...produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millious, think. BYRON, Ъou Juaп, canto iii. st. 88. — For of all sad WORDS of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : "It might have been ! " JG Wn ITT IER, Maitd Muller. — For WORDS are wise men's counters, they do but... | |
 | mrs. Newton Sears - 1877 - 302 pagini
...sequel of misplaced trust and broken troth. " God 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 !" It was past nine o'clock when Nesta was ushered into Nurse Thomas's little cosy... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 104 pagini
...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, The saddest are these : " It might have been ! " Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; And,... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pagini
...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, The saddest are these : " It might have been ! " Ah, well ! for us all some swect hope lies, Deeply buried from human eyes ; And,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1877 - 278 pagini
...went sailing away to the West.—Kingdey. 4. Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll!—Byron. 5. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these—" It might have been."—Whitticr. 6. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.—Shelley.... | |
 | William Mathews - 1873 - 386 pagini
...Tightness or good in it, is with me now, to help me in my grasp of this art and its vision. — 16. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these, " It might have been 1 " WHirriEB. The well-known, worn-out topics of consolation and of encouragement are... | |
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