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All nature's order rises on extremes

DMI number:
38319
Poem Aliases
Conscious Lovers. Prologue.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
All nature's order rises on extremes
Last Line:
Revered on earth then all adored on high
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet and Prologue
Themes:
Hopelessness / vanity of life, Social order, and Theatre
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Author:
Samuel Boyce
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
LION
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.159-160
Poem Title:
Occasional Prologue To The Conscious Lovers...Performed For The Benefit Of The Middlesex Hospital.
Attribution:
Written By Mr. Boyce.
Attributed To:
Samuel Boyce
Title:
Original prologues, Epilogues, and Other pieces never before printed. [T169304] [ECCO]
Page No(s):
pp.30-31
Poem Title:
An occasional Prologue...and spoken by Mrs. Woffington at the Theatre Royal in Covent garden, to the play of the Conscious Lovers, acted December 5 1755, for the benefit of the Middlesex-hospital for sick and lame patients and married lying-in women.
Attribution:
wrote by Mr. Boyce,
Attributed To:
Samuel Boyce