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It Might Have Been
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How little we tho't when we said "Good-night,"
Of the day and its work undone;
Of the record stained by the vows unkept,
Of a task detained while our conscience slept;
How little we got of the good we might
Have possessed at the set of sun.
How carelessly, idly, thro' golden hours
Did we many a duty slight;
There was much to do, as we knew full well,
More important, too, than we now can tell;
It should have bee grain but we gathered flow'rs,
That lie withered and dead tonight.
The "Goodby" at morn we forgot to speak—
Oh, how little it meant just then,
But the heart that ached for the words unsaid
Was at rest that night when we came home— dead!
Our tears of regret on the pallid cheek
Were the dregs of what might have been.
Chorus:
It might have been,
It might have been,
It might have been.
Of the day and its work undone;
Of the record stained by the vows unkept,
Of a task detained while our conscience slept;
How little we got of the good we might
Have possessed at the set of sun.
How carelessly, idly, thro' golden hours
Did we many a duty slight;
There was much to do, as we knew full well,
More important, too, than we now can tell;
It should have bee grain but we gathered flow'rs,
That lie withered and dead tonight.
The "Goodby" at morn we forgot to speak—
Oh, how little it meant just then,
But the heart that ached for the words unsaid
Was at rest that night when we came home— dead!
Our tears of regret on the pallid cheek
Were the dregs of what might have been.
Chorus:
It might have been,
It might have been,
It might have been.
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