 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 - Strana 378podľa Horace - 1858 - Počet stránok 475Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Greek - 1859 - Počet stránok 568
...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 - Počet stránok 480
...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - Počet stránok 766
...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 - Počet stránok 878
...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 - 1997 - Počet stránok 218
...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... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - Počet stránok 666
...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 - 1997 - Počet stránok 538
...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 - 1998 - Počet stránok 686
...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;... | |
 | Steven N. Zwicker - 1998 - Počet stránok 362
...supreme selfmastery of the retired person: "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. / Be fair, or foul, or rain, or shine, / The joys I have possest, in spight of fate are... | |
 | Richard Webster - 1999 - Počet stránok 172
...integrity, we will be happy, successful, and lead worthwhile lives. 10 Fortunate and Unfortunate Directions Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call...say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. — John Drydens translation of Horace We all have four positive and four negative directions, determined... | |
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