He Descended Into Hell; The Harrowing of Hell: (otherwise, the Besieging of Limbo by our Lord.)

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He Descended Into Hell; The Harrowing of Hell: (otherwise, the Besieging of Limbo by our Lord.)

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The Nineteenth Century 14:80, 665–670, October 1883.

First line

All hearken to me now!

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Quoted in prose contribution

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Notes and attribution research

Claimed to be “the oldest piece of dramatic writing in English,” dating around the reign of Edward the Third. Capes takes the poem from the “Five Miracle Plays, or Scrptural [sic] Dramas, privately printed under care of J. P. Collier” (1836). Only poem that Florence M. Capes has “modernised” and included in its entirety in his essay “The Poetry of the Early Mysteries” (654-73) (Wellesley Index). (HR, SP)

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Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 8107

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Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

He Descended Into Hell; The Harrowing of Hell: (otherwise, the Besieging of Limbo by our Lord.)