As when a tree's cut down the secret root
- DMI number:
- 17523
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- 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
- 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.
- 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:
- 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
Poem Aliases
Tempest or the Enchanted Island. Prologue.
Dryden-Davenant. Tempest.
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