 | Mary Frederica P. Dunbar - 1883 - 416 Seiten
...MRS. JAMESON. You abide in the presence of God, which will never flow away. FENELON. February 4. 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. DRYDEN'S Odes of Horace. Of... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 Seiten
...has such a face and such a mien As to be lov'd needs only to be seen. The Hind and Ihe Panther. Happy the man, and happy he alone — He who can call to-day his own. Imitation of Horace. Ill-habits gather by unseen degrees, As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 Seiten
...merrily bent the stile-a ; A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a. (Shaketpean Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own ; Ho, who secure within, can say, To. morrow do thy worst, for 1 have lived today. (Dryden. HEAVEN.... | |
 | 1876 - 590 Seiten
...believer in the advice of his countryman, Dryden, concerning the " enjoyment of the present hour." "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... | |
 | David Armstrong - 1989 - 196 Seiten
...sometimes high, and sometimes low, A quiet ebb, or a tempestuous flow, And always in extreme. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own; He who, secure within, can say, "To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today; Be fair or foul, or rain,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 Seiten
...CHESTERTON (1 874-1936), Brilish auihor. Л Miscellany of Men, "The Conlenied Man" 1 1 91 2]. 5 Happy secure within, can say. Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today. JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1 700), English... | |
 | Donald A. Low - 1974 - 474 Seiten
...sui Laetusque deget, cui licet in diem Dixisse vixi.1 Or, in the spirited version of Dryden, Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own, He who, secure within, can say Tomorrow do thy worst, — for I have liv'd to-day. Sentiments akin to that... | |
 | Helen Bevington - 1996 - 232 Seiten
...over tears, advocating "Short views, for God's sake, short views." Horace denned a happy man: Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair, or foul, or rain, or... | |
 | David Ogilvy - 1997 - 218 Seiten
...spared you such revelations. 169 Horace wrote my epitaph, and Dryden translated it into English: 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. 170 FAVORITE WORDS I am fascinated... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 Seiten
...ROBERT BROWNING, (1812-1889) British poet. Pippa Passes, pt. 1, "Morning" (1841). Pippa's song. 3 Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own; He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today. JOHN DRYDEN, (1631-1700) British... | |
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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 today. 
