Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.

His daily prayer, far better understood in acts than in words, was simply doing good

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

Clothe with life the weak intent, let me be the thing I meant

From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.