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Ere dark November with his dripping wings

DMI number:
39029
Poem Aliases
Princess of Parma. Prologue.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Ere dark November with his dripping wings
Last Line:
Which weds you to your acres but a day
Poem Genre / Form:
Couplet and Prologue
Themes:
Theatre
Related People
Author:
Richard Cumberland
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Although it is known Cumberland authored this play, no hard copy is known to exist. Nicoll, A History of English Drama 1660-1900, Volume III: Late Eighteenth Century Drama (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1952), p. 72. The Prologue was printed in J. Cradock, Literary and Miscellaneous Memoirs, vol. IV (London, 1828), p. 261-262. See Borkat, Plays of Richard Cumblerland (1982), vol. II.
Content/Publication
Title:
A collection and selection of English prologues and epilogues [vol 3] [T145232] [ecco]
Page No(s):
pp.212-213
Poem Title:
Prologue To The Princess Of Parma.
Attribution:
Cumberland.
Attributed To:
Richard Cumberland