Thus much may serve by way of Proem; Proceed we therefore to our poem.
"Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Vol. 3"
George Gilfillan
For us in England it was, so to speak, discovered by Professor Huxley, who many years ago gave a translation of it as a Proem to a scientific periodical.
"Maxims and Reflections"
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
With supreme indifference to the classic Arabic Proem, he begins by saying that his Book is neither a Memoir nor an Autobiography, neither a Journal nor a Confession.
"The Book of Khalid"
Ameen Rihani