David Garrick Quote

Prologues precede the piece—in mournful verse;
As undertakers—walk before the hearse.


prologue to Arthur Murphy's The Apprentice (1756)


Prologues precede the piece—in mournful verse; As undertakers—walk before the hearse.

Prologues precede the piece—in mournful verse; As undertakers—walk before the hearse.

Prologues precede the piece—in mournful verse; As undertakers—walk before the hearse.

Prologues precede the piece—in mournful verse; As undertakers—walk before the hearse.