...infectumque reddet, Quod fugiens semel hora vexit. HOK. Carm. iii. 29. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within,...To-morrow do thy worst. for I have lived to-day. Be storm, or calm, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of fate are mine. Not heaven...

...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,...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...

...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...say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day. DRYDEN. Since we have lost Freedom, wealth, honour, which we value most, I wish they would our lives...

...diapason closing full in Man. A Song for St. Cecilia's Day. Line 1 1 . 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 liv'd to-day.* Imitation of Horace. Book i. Ode 29. Line 65. Not heaven itself upon the past has power...

...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 which I have described, harmonizing so happily with the mixture...

...views, for God's sake, short views." Horace defined a happy man: Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own: He who, secure within,...fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. So did Matthew Arnold (writing about Goethe): And he was happy,...

...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,...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...

...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,...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)....

...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 fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine . . .6 But the Greco-Roman view of time also contained the conviction...

...And Music shall untune the sky. 3070 (translation of Horace: Odes) Happy the man, and happy he alone, d was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic...1349 Milton {prefacel Bring me my bow of burning gol 3071 (translatlon of Juvenal: Satires) Look round the habitable world! how few Know their own good;...