 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
 | Samuel Rogers, William Maltby - Classicists - 1856 - 382 pages
...can call to-day his own ; He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day; Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd, in spite of Fate, are mine; . Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...foundations torn ; And woods, made thin with winds, their scattered honors mourn. Happy the man, and happy ho alone, He who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, * Pronounced jirit'ty. — See Sargent's Standard Speller, p. 41FLOEA MACIVOR'S SUMMONS. 319 TO-MOKROW,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...are from their old foundations torn ; And woods, made thin with winds, their scatter'd honors mourn. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call...Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power ; Bui wlut has been,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Recitations - 1858 - 450 pages
...And woods, made thin with winds, their scattered honors mourn. Happy the man, and happy he alone, Ho who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within,...I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself upon the past has power ; Bat what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Fortune,... | |
 | Greek - 1859 - 568 pages
...have lived: " that is, I have enjoyed, as they should be enjoyed, the blessings of existence : — " Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call...To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day." DRYDEN. The man who has lived for beneficent purposes, and has laid up a store of good actions, has... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 pages
...are from their old foundations torn, And woods, made thin with winds, their scatter'd honours mourn. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call...within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day. Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possess'd, in spite of fate, are... | |
 | 1858 - 658 pages
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 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...are from their old foundations torn ; And woods, made thin with winds, their scatter'd honors mourn. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call...Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possess'd, in spite of fate, are mine. Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man, her slave, oppress,... | |
 | 1867 - 878 pages
...gift, how true it is that we have here a joy that nothing can take away : — " Come foul, or fair, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of fate are mine ; Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been has been, and I have lived my hour." A view... | |
 | David Ogilvy - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 218 pages
...have 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...say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day. 170 FAVORITE WORDS I am fascinated by this list of words. abcedary akimbo chiaroscuro diapason egregious... | |
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