proem
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After a moment or two, I said, “Well, some died in the war, and, if you read the proem carefully, you’ll recall that others died ‘through their own recklessness.’
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 17, 2017
With this bold proem, George R. Barnes, director of BBC's "Third Program,"*launched one of the boldest ventures in the history of broadcasting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thou art my first and last, proem and close,115 For thou art mighty, and to thee are given From Jove the sceptre and the laws in charge, For the advancement of the general good.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
And you spoke of Io 'in the proem.'
From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert
In his proem to the first book he invokes one of the furies to aid him in his task: “Thesiphone, thou help me for tendyte Thise woful vers, that wepen as I wryte!”
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.
