Heaven save ye gallants and this hopeful age
- DMI number:
- 35805
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Evidence:
- LION
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Evidence:
- Possibly a misattribution in N12159?
- First Line:
- Heaven save ye gallants and this hopeful age
- Last Line:
- Who needs will father what the parish got
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet and Prologue
- Themes:
- Theatre
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. I (1956): 159-60. Prologue to Shadwells True Widow, reused in Widow Ranter (1690); see Behn, Works, ed. Todd (1996), 7, 290, 296.
- Title:
- A collection and selection of english prologues and epilogues [vol 1] [T145232] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.109-110
- Poem Title:
- Prologue To The Widow Ranter; By Mrs. Behn, 1690.
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Prologues and epilogues, celebrated for their poetical merit [ecco] [N12159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.98-99
- Poem Title:
- Prologue...to Mrs. Behn's Widow Ranter. 1690.
- Attribution:
- by Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
True Widow. Prologue
Widow Ranter. Prologue.
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