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If dying lovers yet deserve a tear

DMI number:
17530
Poem Aliases
Ambitious Step-mother. Prologue.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
Rowe. Ambitious Stepmother.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
If dying lovers yet deserve a tear
Last Line:
O were you but as kind we know you are as fair
Poem Genre / Form:
Drama, Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Prologue
Themes:
Ambition, Ancient history, Grief / sadness / melancholy, Poetry / literature / writing, and Theatre
Related People
Author:
Nicholas Rowe
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Prologue to the Ambitious Stepmother. Dramatic Works I.
Content/Publication
Title:
A Second and Last Collection of the Most Celebrated Prologues and Epilogues Spoken at the Theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincoln's-Inn. [N21645]
Page No(s):
pp. 12-13
Poem Title:
Spoken to the Tragedy of The Ambitious Step-mother.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A second and last collection of the most celebrated prologues and epilogues spoken at the theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincolns-Inn. [ESTC N27804] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.12-13
Poem Title:
Spoken to the Tragedy of The Ambitious Step-mother.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.15-17
Poem Title:
Prologue To The Ambitious Step-Mother. Spoken By Mr. Betterton.
Attribution:
Rowe.
Attributed To:
Nicholas Rowe