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

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

I sent you the proem, which you published as a preface to the "Froissart Ballads."

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

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