God pity them both! and pity us all...

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