When strife disturbs or sloth corrupts an age
- DMI number:
- 38452
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- When strife disturbs or sloth corrupts an age
- Last Line:
- For fools are made for jests to men of sense
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Prologue
- Themes:
- Patriotism / glory of the British nation and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- George Farquhar
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Prologue to 'The Beaux Stratagem'. Farquhar (1711).
- Title:
- A Collection of the Most Celebrated Prologues Spoken at the Theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincolns-Inn. [N27805]
- Page No(s):
- pp.24-25
- Poem Title:
- Spoken by Mr. WILKS, to the Comedy of The Beaux-Stratagem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The theatrical bouquet: containing prologues and epilogues from Colley Cibber to the present year. [N64656] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.291-292
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Beaux Stratagem. Spoken by Mr. Wilks.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The theatrical bouquet: containing prologues and epilogues from Colley Cibber to the present year. [T193665] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.291-292
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Beaux Stratagem. Spoken by Mr. Wilks.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The theatrical bouquet: containing prologues and epilogues from Colley Cibber to the present year. [T70688] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.291-292
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the Beaux Stratagem. Spoken by Mr. Wilks.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.97
- Poem Title:
- Prologue To The Beaux Stratagem.
- Attribution:
- Farquar.
- Attributed To:
- George Farquhar
Poem Aliases
Beaux stratagem. Prologue.
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