The best of prophets of the future is the past.

The best of prophets of the future is the past.

Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is
deprived, the power of making things that are past read more

Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is
deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have
been."

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
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O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
These fatuous, ineffectual yesterdays.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

The past is past and only a better Future can change that...

The past is past and only a better Future can change that...

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,