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" 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 possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not heaven itself... "
English Minstrelsy: Being a Selection of Fugitive Poetry from the Best ... - Page 40
edited by - 1810 - 264 pages
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Sylvae, Or, The Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies

John Dryden - 1702 - 362 pages
...fliine, The joys I have pofleft, in fpight of fate are mine. Not Heav'n it felf upon the paft has pow'r> But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. IX. Fortune) that with malicious joy* Does Man, her Slave, opprefs j Proud of her Office to deftroy,...
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The Complete Art of Poetry: In Six Parts, I. Of the Nature, Use ..., Volume 2

Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pages
...The Joys I have poffefs'd, in fpite of Fate are mine : Not Heav'n it felf upon the part has Pow'r ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my Hour. Now lean;, The Bounds of Good and Evil to difcern. Unhappy he, who does this Work adjourn ; And 'till...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 22

1907 - 700 pages
...fliine, Jmine. Thejrjjs I have polTcfs'd in fpiie of fate aie Nut hcav'n itfelf upon the part has powV, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. Du YI>EN. Kir* fun-ma trevii, fprm nut -vital incobaart hngant. Mo«. Life's fpan forbid« thee to...
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The Rambler. ...

Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pages
...thine, The joys I have potfefs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itfelf upon the paft has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRVDIN. There is certainly no greater happmefs, than to be able to look back on a life ufefully and...
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Works: In English Verse, Volume 2

Horace - 1767 - 428 pages
...or fhine, ' The Joys I have poflefs'd, in fpite of Faie are mine i < Not Heaven itfelf upon the Paft has Power; ' But what has been, has been, and I have had * my Hour.' IX. Pertune, who with malicious Joy,] Does Man, her Slave, opprefs, Proud of her Office to deftroy,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing All His Original ...

John Dryden - 1767 - 386 pages
...mine, The joys I haye poffefs'd, in fpite of fate are mine, Not Heav'n itfelf upon the paft has pow'r ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. IX. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to deftroy,...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 352 pages
...rain, or fmne, The joys I have poflefs'd, in fpite of fate are mine, Not Heaven itfelf upon the paft has power ; . But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. Fortune, IX. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Docs man her flavc opprefs, Proud of her office to deflroy,...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 16

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 376 pages
...rain, or fhine, The joys I have poflefs'd, in fpite of fate are mine, Not Heaven itfelf upon the paft has power ; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour. IX. Fortune, that, with malicious joy, Does man her flave opprefs, Proud of her office to deftroy,...
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The Annual Register, Volume 117

Edmund Burke - 1876 - 682 pages
...quotations, one of which, from Horace, we spare the reader ; the other, from Dryden, runs thus :— " Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour." The earlier part of the book has been published before ; and the remainder consists of desultory remarks...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...fhine, The joys I have poflefs'd in fpite of fate are mine. Not heav'n itfelf upon the part has pow'r, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour. DRYDEN. There is certainly no greater happinefs than to be able to look back on a life ufefully and...
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