Poetry
- "Prologue", a poem by Robert Browning, introductory to his own Pacchiarotto
- "Prologue to "The Cutter of Colman-street", a poem by Abraham Cowley, introductory to his own Cutter of Coleman-street
- "Prologue to a reviv'd Play of Mr Fletcher's, call'd The Woman-hater, a poem by William Davenant, introductory to The Woman-hater by John Fletcher
- "Prologue", a poem by John Dryden, introductory to his own All for Love: or, The World Well Lost
- "Prologue", a poem by Lord Falkland, introductory to The Old Bachelor, a play by William Congreve
- "Prologue", a poem by Richard FitzPatrick, introductory to The Heiress, a play by John Burgoyne
- "Prologue", a poem by George Granville, introductory to his own The British Enchanters; or, No Magick like Love
- "Prologue", a poem by George Granville, introductory to his own The She-Gallants
- "Prologue", a poem by James Bradstreet Greenough, introductory to The Phormio of Terence (1894) by Publius Terentius Afer, translated by Morris Hicky Morgan
- "Prologue", a poem by Felicia Hemans, introductory to Fiesco by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
- "Prologue", a poem by John Home, introductory to his own Douglas:A Tragedy
- "Prologue", a poem by Ben Jonson, introductory to his own The Alchemist
- "Prologue", a poem by Roden Noel, introductory to his own Livingstone in Africa
- "Prologue", a poem by Alexander Pope, introductory to Cato, a Tragedy a play by Joseph Addison
- "Prologue", a poem by William Shakespeare, introductory to his own Romeo and Juliet
- "Prologue to Doctor Faustus", a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Prologue to Arden of Feversham", a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Prologue to Old Fortunatus", a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Prologue to The Duchess of Malfy", a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Prologue to The Revenger's Tragedy", a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Prologue to The Broken Heart", a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Prologue to A Very Woman", a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Prologue to The Spanish Gipsy", a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Prologue to The Two Noble Kinsmen", a poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne
- "Prologue", a poem by Torquato Tasso, introductory to his own Amyntas, A Tale of the Woods, translated by James Henry Leigh Hunt
- "Prologue", a poem by Nahum Tate, introductory to his own The History of King Lear
- "Prologue", a poem by Alfred Tennyson, introductory to his In Memoriam
- "Prologue", a poem by Alfred Tennyson, introductory to his The Princess; a medley
- "Prologue", a poem by George Villiers, introductory to his The Rehearsal
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