Imitation of Horace

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Not Heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

John Dryden

More information about this quote

Topic

Changing the past What's done is done

Author

John Dryden

Source

Imitation of Horace

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

1685 1680s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dryden, John. Imitation of Horace. c. 1685, bk. 3, ode 29, stanza 8.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Translations from Horace: Book 3, Ode 29." Selected Poems, edited by Steven N. Zwicker and David Bywaters. Penguin Classics, 2002, stanza 8.