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As when a tree's cut down the secret root

DMI number:
17523
Poem Aliases
Tempest or the Enchanted Island. Prologue.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
Dryden-Davenant. Tempest.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be abed
Poem Genre / Form:
Drama, Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Prologue
Themes:
Fame, Imagination, Poetry / literature / writing, and Theatre
Related People
Author:
John Dryden
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Prologue to jointly-authored Tempest. Calif. X (1970): 4-5.
Author:
Sir William Davenant
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Prologue to jointly-authored Tempest. Calif. X (1970): 4-5.
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First Line:
As when a tree's cut down the secret root
Last Line:
To find her woman it must be in bed
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
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.3-4
Poem Title:
Spoken to the Comedy of The Tempest; or, Enchanted Island.
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.3-4
Poem Title:
Spoken to the Comedy of The Tempest; or, Enchanted Island.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
Title:
A collection and selection of english prologues and epilogues [vol 1] [T145232] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.70-71
Poem Title:
Prologue To The Tempest. Altered by Dryden.
Attribution:
Dryden.
Attributed To:
John Dryden