We act by fits and starts like drowning men
- DMI number:
- 4032
- First Line:
- We act by fits and starts like drowning men
- Last Line:
- The satisfaction of a gentleman
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epilogue and Couplet
- Themes:
- Theatre, Books[the print trade; pamphlets.], and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Calif. II (1972): 182-3.
- Title:
- A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 2] [T145232] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.77-78
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue For The King's House.
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Miscellany poems [ESTC R297]
- Page No(s):
- pp.293-295
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue for the Kings House.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Miscellany poems: in two parts [ESTC R31378]
- Page No(s):
- pp.288-289
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue for the King's House.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Prologues and epilogues, celebrated for their poetical merit [ecco] [N12159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.117-118
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue...For the King's House.
- Attribution:
- by Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The second part of miscellany poems [N70161]
- Page No(s):
- pp.333-334
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue for the King's House.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The second part of miscellany poems [T117014] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.328-329
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue for the King's House.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
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