“How happy he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.”
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 99.
“Happy the poet who with ease can steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.”
Heureux qui, dans ses vers, sait d'une voix légère
Passer du grave au doux, du plaisant au sévère.
Canto I, l. 75
As translated by John Dryden
The Art of Poetry (1674)
Variant: Happy who in his verse can gently steer
From grave to light, from pleasant to severe.
In the Depths http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/C/CloughArthurHugh/verse/poemsproseremains/depths.html, st. 3.
“Fireside happiness, to hours of ease
Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.”
Human Life (1819)
“As someone who worships music, I believe it can never be ugly!”
Discussing about vulgar lyrics http://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/The-use-of-vulgar-lyrics-in-songs-is-a-disturbing-trend-Shreya-Ghoshal/articleshow/29714772.cms
“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
“The hell with it. Who never knew
the price of happiness will not be happy.”
"Lies" (1952), line 11; Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi (trans.) Selected Poems (London: Penguin, 2008) p. 52.
