 Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, ' To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have lived to-day : Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd, in spite of Fate, are mine.  The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series ... - Página 160editado por - 1810Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Frank H. Ellis - 2005 - 234 páginas
...recall Dryden's magnificent verses in imitation of lines 41-55 of Horace's ode: VIII. Happy the man, and he alone, He, who can call to-day his own; He who, secure within, can say, "Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day: Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have... | |
 | ...accurs'd Past and to come seems best, things present, worst. - Shakespeare, (King Henry IV, Part 2) Happy the Man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own: He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day. - Dryden. (Translation of Horace) Ah, fill the cup:... | |
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