 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 ... - Sivu 160muokkaaja - 1810Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1875 - 162 sivua
...energy, conciseness, and perfect expression of the original, with even more of freedom and fire. " 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 sivua
...fears we are surprised With unexpected happiness, the first Degrees of joy are mere astonishment. '43 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. Since we have lost Freedom, wealth, honour,... | |
 | 1875 - 540 sivua
...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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 sivua
...trunks of trees come rolling down ; Sheep and their folds together drown : Both house and homestead is fidelity and ripeness, no years, no industry, no...proof of his abilities can bring him to that stat scattered honours mourn. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own : He who,... | |
 | 1877 - 362 sivua
...1. To-day. — Be wise TO-DAY ; 'tis madness to defer. YOUNG'S Night Thoughts, Night L line 390. — 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 Hv'd to-day. DRYDEN, Imitation of Horace, book i. ode 29, 1. 65.... | |
 | William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - 1877 - 240 sivua
...not one : The daisy, by the shadow that it casts, Protects the lingering dew-drop from the sun. 1 8. 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 1 have lived to-day ! Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 sivua
...fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. — Wotton. 2. HOPE. Praise of HOPE, of all ill that men endure, The only chief and universal cure ! Thou cap To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day. Drydtn. HAPPINESS HAPPINESS 1680. HAPPINESS : by whom... | |
 | William Collins - 1877 - 104 sivua
...trunks of ( rees come rolling down, Sheep aud their folds together drown: Both house aud homestead iuto seas are borne, And rocks are from their old foundations torn, And woods, made thin with winds, their scattered honors mourn. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 sivua
...are surpr!!-eil With unexpected happiness, the first Degrees of joy are mere astonishment. 242 243 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. Since we have lost Freedom, wealth, honour,... | |
 | Dieter Hafner - 1981 - 340 sivua
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