 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 - Seite 158herausgegeben von - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 Seiten
...it lifts aloft the head, And bears down all before it with impetuous force; And trunks of trees come rolling down ; Sheep and their folds together drown...made thin with winds, their scatter'd honours mourn. First Bach ef Horace, XXIX. Ode.— JOHN DRYDES. HAPPINESS. Instability of Human What's earth ? or... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 Seiten
...first professor of our art, At country wakes sung ballads from a cart. Prologue to Lee's Sophonisbo. 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. Imitation of Horace. Book i. Ode 29. Line 65. But... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 Seiten
...rolling dowu ; Sheep ami their folds together drown: Both house and homestead into seas are Ixirne; And rocks are from their old foundations torn ; And woods, made thin with winds, their scatter'd honors mo» Happy the man, and hnppy he alone, He who can call to-day his own: He who, secure within,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 Seiten
...head, And bears down all before it with impetuous force , And trunks of trees come rolling down, ffl s your ocean to withstand, 2I:" Which proudly rising...sweep the pastors and their flocks awny. Think not scattcr'd honours mourn. Happy the man, and happy he alone, * He, who can call to-day his own : He... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1868 - 340 Seiten
...us use all, for if we lose one day, The white one in the crowd may slip away. TO-MORROW (continued). 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. DKYDEN. The hoary fool, who many days Has struggled... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 Seiten
...first professor of our art, At country wakes sung ballads from a cart. Prologue to Lee's Sophonisba. 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. Imitation of Horace. Book i. Ode 29. Line 63. But... | |
 | 1869 - 534 Seiten
...I 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-day his own ; He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day." DRYDEN. The man who has lived for beneficent purposes,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 340 Seiten
...up, And say to all the world, " This was a man ! " 7 . — IMPROVE THE PRESENT MOMENT. — Dryden. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, TO-MORROW I do thy worst, for I have lived TO-DAY I Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1871 - 346 Seiten
...stand up, And say to all the world, " This was a man ! " 7. — IMPROVE THE PRESENT MOMENT. — Dryden. 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 1 Be fair or foul, or rain 'or shine, The joys I... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 Seiten
...down all before it with impetuous force; And trunks of trees crime rolling down; Sheep nnd their (olds together drown: Both house and homestead into seas...foundations torn; And woods, made thin with winds, their scntter'd honore moi ' Happy the man, and happy lie alone, He who can call tit-day bis own: He who.... | |
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