Were you but half so wise as you are severe
- DMI number:
- 4031
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Were you but half so wise as you are severe
- Last Line:
- He may grow up to write and you to judge
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epilogue and Couplet
- Themes:
- Critics / criticism and Theatre
- Author:
- John Dryden
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Calif. I (1956): 157-8.
- Title:
- A collection and selection of english prologues and epilogues [vol 1] [T145232] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.108
- Poem Title:
- Prologue To Circe: A Tragic Opera, By Dr. Davenant, 1675.
- Attribution:
- Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Miscellany poems [ESTC R297]
- Page No(s):
- pp.291-293
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Miscellany poems: in two parts [ESTC R31378]
- Page No(s):
- pp.286-287
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- Prologues and epilogues, celebrated for their poetical merit [ecco] [N12159]
- Page No(s):
- pp.74-75
- Poem Title:
- Prologue...to Dr. Davenant's Circe.
- Attribution:
- by Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The second part of miscellany poems [N70161]
- Page No(s):
- p.332
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- Title:
- The second part of miscellany poems [T117014] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.327-328
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Circe. Prologue.
Circe. Epilogue.
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