...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* Deeply buried from human eyes; And, in the...

...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 Deeply buried from human eyes ; And in the hereafter,...

...endurance, he would take up the " burden of life " again, — " Saying only, ' It might have been,' And of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these — ' It might have been.' " " Poor Arthur " was beyond measure astonished by the arrival of the baby, and from the...

...household drudge ! 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 ! " Ah well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; And in the...

...had less reason to be ashamed of it, and less occasion to ask for the reader's indulgence. Alas ! " Of all sad words of tongue and pen The saddest are these, — it might have been." FINIS. dance, And wakes in woods hushed long The wild birds' song. / I \ ' b~2 V ' / *•*...

...of the wonder before your eyes, good reader, Give Most Delightful testimonials of their gratitude. Of all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these — it might have been — so sayeth the poet. When we think of the myriads that might have been saved from untimely...

...thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes." " Of all the sad words of tongue and pen The saddest are these. — It might have been." London. GEORGE SEXTON, MA, LL.D. The Power of Memory. " THEKE are some persons who possess...

...was a glorious fellow, over whose grave I would like to put as epitaph two lines of Whittier's— ' Of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these — It might have been." We Caledonians have a greater name in our literature than either Burns or Scott.. We have...

...! LONGER POEMS. 245 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.' " Of Whittier's longer works none has much unity. The earliest, Mogg Mcgone (1835), is,...

...and household drudge ! pity them both, and pity us all AVho vainly the dreams of youth recall ! For of all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ' It might have been.' " Of Whittier's longer works none has much unity. The earliest, Mogg Megone (1835), is,...