Quotes from Maud Muller — John Greenleaf Whittier
d. 1892 United States
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For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: “It might have been!”
Maud Muller (1856)
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".
Maud Muller (1856)
Maud Muller, on a summer's day,
Raked the meadows sweet with hay.
Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth
Of simple beauty and rustic health.
Maud Muller (1856)
Weary lawyers with endless tongues.
Maud Muller (1856)
Alas for maiden, alas for Judge,
For rich repiner 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!"
Maud Muller (1856)
So, closing his heart, the Judge rode on,
And Maud was left in the field alone.
But the lawyers smiled that afternoon,
When he hummed in court an old love-tune.
Maud Muller (1856)