from what poem and by whom are these lines. It is not a contest, I really don't know?

Question

This is paraphrased
The sadest words of something and pen
Is something somthing what might have been

Answer 1

It is from the Poem "MAUD MULLER (1856)" By John Greenleaf Whittier (17 December 1807 - 7 September 1892) An American poet and abolitionist. The full poem is appened below for your information.

Maud Muller (1856)
Maud Muller, on a summer's day,
Raked the meadows sweet with hay.
Beneath her torn hat glowed the wealth
Of simple beauty and rustic health.
So, closing his heart, the Judge rode on,
And Maud was left in the field alone.
But the lawyers smiled that afternoon,
When he hummed in court an old love-tune
He wedded a wife of richest dower,
Who lived for fashion, as he for power.
Yet oft, in his marble hearth's bright glow,
He watched a picture come and go:
And sweet Maud Muller's hazel eyes
Looked out in their innocent surprise.
A manly form at her side she saw,
And joy was duty and love was law.
Then she took up her burden of life again,
Saying only, "It might have been."
Alas for maiden, alas for Judge,
For rich repiner and household drudge!
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!" -

Answer 2

Shakespeare?

"Now write" something, something, something, and then..

{the words of mice and Modes[t] are the maddest when,
said the lying for feelings and political correct.}

Hey two cells below Jayaharagura-or-whatever, congratulations on the badge (and having the most points for top plagiarist). May you not have a bunch of stalking invaders criminally trying to find you and for no reason attempt to try to harass a private dude to death). Oh, I guess you-all India or Yemen or whatever don't have any right to privacy rules for "get out of my face."

Answer 3

John Greenleaf Whittier

"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"

Answer 4

John Greenleaf Whittier, “The saddest words of tongue or pen are simply these, ‘It might have been.’

Answer 5

“For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’”
- John Greenleaf Whittier

Answer 6

John Greenleaf Whittier - 'how we fall'