 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American essays - 1883 - 434 pages
...back To find the wished-for day ? " — Ah, truest soul of womankind ! Without thee, what were life ? One bliss I cannot leave behind : I '11 take — my...The man would he a boy again, And 'be a husband too ! " — " And is there nothing yet unsaid Before the change appears? Remember, all their gifts have... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - American poetry - 1883 - 396 pages
...Ah, truest soul of womankind! Without thee what were life ? One bliss I cannot leave behind : I'll take — my — precious — wife ! " — The angel took a sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, Thf man would be a boy again. And be a husband too! "And is there nothing yet unsaid, Before the change... | |
 | Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1857 - 494 pages
...thee what were life '! One bliss I can not leave behind : I '11 take — my — precious — wife 1 7. The angel took a sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, " The man would be a boy again, And be a husband, too !" 8. "And is there nothing yet unsaid Before the change appears?... | |
 | Lydia Maria Francis Child - Old age - 1884 - 482 pages
...hurry back To find the wished-for day?" Ah, truest soul of womankind ! Without thee, what were life ? One bliss I cannot leave behind : I '11 take — my...sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, " The man would be a boy again, And be a husband too ! " a And is there nothing yet unsaid, Before the change appears... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - American poetry - 1885 - 446 pages
..."Ah, truest soul of womankind, Without thee what were life? One bliss I can not leave behind — I'll take my precious wife." The angel took a sapphire pen, And wrote in rainbow hue, "The man would be a boy again, And be a husband, too." "And is there nothing yet unsaid, Before... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - American wit and humor - 1886 - 310 pages
...back To find the wished-for day?" — Ah, truest soul of womankind ! Without thee, what were life ? One bliss I cannot leave behind : I '11 take — my...sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, " The man would be a boy again, And be a husband too ! " — "And is there nothing yet unsaid Before the change appears... | |
 | American literature - 1886 - 332 pages
...Ah, truest soul of womankind ! Without thee, what were life ? One bliss I cannot leave behind : I 'll take — my — precious — wife ! — The angel...sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, " The man would be a boy again, And be a husband too ! " — " And is there nothing yet unsaid Before the change appears... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - American wit and humor - 1886 - 328 pages
...Without thee, what were life ? One bliss I cannot leave behind : I 'll take—my—precious—wife ! —The angel took a sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, " The man would be a boy again, And be a husband too ! " —" And is there nothing yet unsaid Before the change appears... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Poetry, Modern - 1887 - 410 pages
...stay, While the swift seasons hurry back "Ah, truest soul of womankind ! Without thee what were life ? One bliss I cannot leave behind : I '11 take — my...sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, The man would be a boy again, And be a husband too ! " And is there nothing yet unsaid, Before the change appears... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1887 - 558 pages
...Ah, truest soul of womankind ! Without tkee, what were life ? One bliss I cannot leave behind : I 'il take — my — precious — wife ! The angel took...sapphire pen And wrote in rainbow dew, " The man would be a boy again, And be a husband too 1 " " And is there nothing yet unsaid, Before the change appears... | |
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And is there nothing yet unsaid, Before the change appears? Remember, all their gifts have fled With those dissolving years. 
