...hearts bend downward, Circling all the human race. Mrs. S y. Hale. ^^7 September 2. — September 3. 189 He who would gain A fond, full heart — in love's...words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : " It might have been ! " y. G. Whittier. September 5. Sorely tried and sorely tempted, From no agonies exempted,...

...opportunity" of being the first to question their fate that balmy May evening " under the apple-blooms;" for, " Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been.'" THE ENI>. II This book should be returned to the Library on or before the last date...

...repiner and household drudge! God pity them both! and pity ns all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. ce be to my sable shroud. For we were nursed upon the self-saiao hi might have been !" Ah, well ! for ns all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; And,...

...would be cheated of the good which should belong to both, and that would be a reproach and a sadness. " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these, — it might have been 1" He was wont to smile when a verse came up from the chambers of memory to brighten...

...and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. loud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-oft' curfew so might have been!" Ah, well ! for us all some sweet hope lies Deeply buried from human eyes ; And, in...

...Milton says, "To know that which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom." And Whittier says, ~ "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been.' " And in conclusion, let us all remember the words of Kemble, viz : A sacred burden...

...inclined to think that the teachings of the latter have been most productive of misery to mankind. " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these : ' It might have been.' " If it be true that this doctrine is in contradiction to the clear and sensible...

...would have been, had Esau remained at the head of his family, but to him his choice was his doom. " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these, ' It might have been.' " 18-21. For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, etc. The blackness,...

...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...

...sorrows still. You remember those pathetic words of Whittier's at the close of "MaudMuller": — " For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these, — It might have been." If what ? If Maud Miiller and the judge and the circumstances and a thousand things...