(9 August 1631 – 1 May 1700 / Northamptonshire, England)

poet John Dryden
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Happy the man

Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
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.
Not Heaven itself upon the past has power,
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

Submitted: Friday, January 03, 2003


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  • Chris Mendros (8/1/2009 7:47:00 AM)

    Too bad Nenita didn't come along when Dryden was still living.
    She might have given him another day to brag about.

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  • Nenita24 Mbaye (5/11/2007 5:04:00 PM)

    Compliments of the day to you.
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    miss nenita

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