Sweet silent thought

[calmllama]

I think this poem sums up how I'm feeling right now.....

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 posessed, in spite of fate, are mine.
Not heaven itself upon the past has power,
But what has been, has

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[autumnpsyche]

*...* :-)

[r_kane]

Nice one, good poem liked it and actualy not familier with dryden, curiosity piqued :) (bearing in minde i hav just been immersed in the silver age of marlow and scott recently. man i need to get out more ;P

[r_kane]

note benedictum (i diddent know you wer into the angelic mythos ,,, if you dont hav it i can thouroughly recomend jon goodwins angels an endangered species (verey in depth but humerouse take on both sides of the hosts including all the turn coats )

[calmllama]

I shall have to check that out. Have a particular interest in that kind of angelic mythology.

Thankyou!

[calmllama]

Just looked on Amazon and it's Malcolm Godwin who wrote it! :p