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

In a short proem the writer speaks of himself as ninety-nine years old.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

The gorgeous proem, or introduction to the panorama, was then for the first time disclosed to the public.

From Round the Block by Bouton, John Bell

From Goethe he would have selected the noble proem to Faust: Ihr naht Euch wieder, schwankende Gestalten, for there was a note among his papers to that effect.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various