He who can call to-day his own;

He who, secure within, can say,

To-morrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day.[273:3]

Imitation of Horace. Book iii. Ode 29, Line 65.

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Not heaven itself upon the past has power;

But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

Imitation of Horace. Book iii. Ode 29, Line 71.

I can enjoy her while she 's kind;

But when she dances in the wind,