Wit bears so thin a crop this duller age
- DMI number:
- 17525
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Wit bears so thin a crop this duller age
- Last Line:
- For time that makes new fools may mend his hand
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Drama, Couplet, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Prologue
- Themes:
- Dunces, Poetry / literature / writing, Theatre, and Wit
- Author:
- Colley Cibber
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Prologue to 'Love's Last Shift' (1702, ESTC T38714).
- Title:
- A Second and Last Collection of the Most Celebrated Prologues and Epilogues Spoken at the Theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincoln's-Inn. [N21645]
- Page No(s):
- pp.6-7
- Poem Title:
- Spoken to the Comedy of Love's Last Shift; or, Fool in Fashion.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A second and last collection of the most celebrated prologues and epilogues spoken at the theatres of Drury-Lane and Lincolns-Inn. [ESTC N27804] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.6-7
- Poem Title:
- Spoken to the Comedy of Love's Last Shift; or, Fool in Fashion.
- 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.288-289
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to Love's Last Shift, or, the Fool in Fashion...Spoken by Mr. Verbruggen.
- Attribution:
- Written by a Friend.
- 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.288-289
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to Love's Last Shift, or, the Fool in Fashion...Spoken by Mr. Verbruggen.
- Attribution:
- Written by a Friend.
- 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.288-289
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to Love's Last Shift, or, the Fool in Fashion...Spoken by Mr. Verbruggen.
- Attribution:
- Written by a Friend.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.33-34
- Poem Title:
- Prologue To Love's Last Shift.
- Attribution:
- Cibber.
- Attributed To:
- Colley Cibber
Poem Aliases
Cibber. Love's Last Shift. Prologue.
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