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Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

John Dryden (1767). “THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, Esq; Containing All His ORIGINAL POEMS, TALES, AND TRANSLATIONS, IN FOUR VOLUMES.: VOLUME THE SECOND”, p.364
Not Heav'n itself upon the past has pow'r; But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.