Happy The Man Poem by John Dryden
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.
' He who can call today his own'.........a memorable line! A memorable poem!
This poem was used in the film Tom Jones (1963) - a brilliant adaptation of the novel by Henry Fielding
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10/13/2024 12:47:31 PM # 1.0.0
Is this written by John Dryden or is this translated by John Dryden from Horace's original latin text?
Do you think it would rhyme perfectly if it was translated from Latin? I think not.
The author of the previous reply knows nothing about poetry in translation - it's not normally word-for-word transliteration. The answer is no, however - Dryden wrote this in imitation of Horace, not a translation. You might say he was inspired by Horace's ode.