Maud Muller Illustrated

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Maud Muller's Spring -11
by John Greeneleaf Whittier

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, in the hereafter, angels may
Roll the stone from its grave away!

Maud Muller 12 by John Greenleaf Whittier / SeacoastNH.com

By John Greenelaf Whittier
chnor & Fields Edition, BOSTON, 1867
On SeacoastNH.com