 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 ... - Pagina 160geredigeerd door - 1810Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pagina’s
...come rouling down,. Sheep and their Folds together drown; Both Houfe and Homefted into Seas are born, And Rocks are from their old Foundations torn, And Woods, made thin with Winds, their fcatter'd Honours' (mourn. Dnd. Hoi-; BUTCHER. A Wight, With Gauntlet blue, and Bafes white, And round... | |
 | Horace - 1717 - 392 pagina’s
...come rolling down: Sheep and their Folds together drown : Both Houfe and Homefted into Seas arc born, And Rocks are from their old Foundations torn, And Woods made thin with Winds, iheir fc«ter'd HoVIII. [nourt n;vurn. Hsppy the Man, and happy- he alone, He who can call to Day his... | |
 | Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pagina’s
...:J Let us ufe all ; for if we loft one Day, The white-one in the Crowd may flip away. (Dry<t. Tyr. Happy the Man, and happy he alone, He who can call To-Day his own ! He, who ftcure within can fay, To-Morrow do thy worft ; for I have liv'd To- Day. Be fair, or foul, or rain,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1743 - 352 pagina’s
...rowlins; down, O " ' Sheep and their Folds together drown : Both Houfe and Homefted into Seas are born ; And Rocks are from their old Foundations torn, And Woods, made thin with Winds, their fcatter'd HoVIII. [nours mourn, Happy the Man, and happy he alone, He, whd can call to- Day his own... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 488 pagina’s
...of trees come rowling down, Sheep and their folds together drown : Both houfe and homefted into feas are borne; And rocks are from their old foundations torn, And woods, made thin with winds, their fcatter'd VIII. [honors mourn. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own :... | |
 | John Dryden - 1760 - 528 pagina’s
...of trees come rowling down, Sheep and their folds together drown : Both houfe and homefted into feas are borne; And rocks are from their old foundations torn, And woods, made thin with winds, their fcatter'd VIII. [honors mourn. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own :... | |
 | Horace - 1767 - 428 pagina’s
...Trunks of Trees come rolling down, Sheep and thtir Fplds together drown ; Both Both Houfe and Homefted into Seas are borne, And Rocks are from their old...Foundations torn, And Woods, made thin with Winds, their featter'd Honours mourn. VIII. * Happy the Man, and happy he aJone, He who can call To-day his owny... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 388 pagina’s
...of trees come rolling down, Sheep and their folds together drown : Both houfe and homefted into feas are borne ; And rocks are from their old foundations torn, And woods, made thin with winds, their fcatter'd honours monrn. VIII. Happy th« man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 386 pagina’s
...from their old foundations torn, And woods, made thin with winds, their fcatter'd honours mourn. VIII. Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, fecure within, can fay, Tp-morrow do thy worft, for I have liv'd to-day Be fair, or foul, or rain,... | |
 | John Duncombe, John Hughes - 1773 - 998 pagina’s
...every other fatisfaction of life ; which no one more ardently wifhes, than My lord, &c. JOHN HUGHES, * Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to.day his own ; He who, fecure within, can fay, To morrow do thy worft, for J jfave liv'd to-day ! Dryden. r LETTER LXVJL Earl... | |
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