 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. Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself...  The Odes of Horace: In Four Books Translated Into English Lyric Verse - Page 378by Horace - 1858 - 475 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...world! 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...say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today. JOHN DRYDEN, (1631-1700) British poet, dramatist, critic. "Imitation of Horace," bk. 3, Ode 29 (1685).... | |
 | Arthur Herman - History - 1997 - 538 pages
...diem. Life was too short, and happiness too fleeting, to permit any postponement of gratification. Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today; Be...The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine . . .6 But the Greco-Roman view of time also contained the conviction that events do not occur at random... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky. 3070 (translation of Horace: Odes) Earfy Sunday Mor 3071 (translatlon of Juvenal: Satires) Look round the habitable world! how few Know their own good;... | |
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