 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 pages
...love was law ! . . . Then she took up her burden of life a^ain. savin? onlv "It might have been!" ' * Alas ! for Maiden ! — alas! for Judge ! — for...words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these : " It might hare been !" . . . Ah, well for us all, some sweet hope lies d'eply buried from human eyes: and,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 444 pages
...God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sadxwords of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " It might...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... | |
 | Allen Ayrault Griffith - 1879 - 348 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 ! LXXIX . ORATOR PUFF. THOMAS MOORE. I. Mr. Orator Puff had two tones in his voice, The one speaking... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been." eard at every close; And Hope, enchanted, smiled,...Revenge impatient rose ; He threw his blood-stained ! JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. QUAKERDOM. THE FORMAL CALL. THROUGH her forced, abnormal quiet Flashed the... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been." ! Jons GREENLEAF WHITTIBB. THE POWER OF LOVE. HEAR ye, ladies that despise What the mighty Love has... | |
 | Ferguson - 1881 - 386 pages
...love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, " It might have been ! " Alaa ! for maiden, alas ! for judge, For rich repiner and...from human eyes ; And in the hereafter angels may Holl the utotio from its grave away ! J ff. W/titsier. 232 A WOMAN OP MIND. A WOMAN OF MIND. MY wife... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 616 pages
...life again, Saying only, '* It might have been." Alas fnr maiden, alas for Judpe, For rich rcpiner and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity...hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away I THE RANGER. ROBERT RAWLIN ! — Frosts were falling When the ranger's horn was calling Through the... | |
 | William Brisbane Dick - 1881 - 220 pages
...pity them both! and pity us all! "WTio vainly the dreams of youth recall. For, ef all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: "It might have...Hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away! " LOOK AT THE CLOCK." RICHARD HARRIS BABHAK. ' Look at the clock!" quoth "Winifred Pryce, Is this the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 570 pages
...been." Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge t God pity them hoth ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall....Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply huried from human eyes ; And, in the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away ! THE... | |
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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... 
