《The Poems And Fables Of John Dryden》

1649Upon the death of the Lord Hastings1

1650To his friend the Authour[Hoddesdon]，on his divine Epigrams4

?1653To Honor Dryden5

1659HEROIQUE STANZA＇S，Consecrated to the Glorious Memory of his most Serene and Renowned Highnesse Oliver6

1660To my Honored Friend，Sr Robert Howard，On his Excellent Poems13

ASTR?A REDUX．A Poem On the Happy Restoration and Return Of His Sacred Majesty Charles the Second．16

1661TO HIS SACRED MAIESTY，A Panegyrick on his Coronation24

1662TO MY LORD CHANCELLOR．Presented on New-years-day28

1663To my Honour＇d Friend，Dr Cbarleton，on his learned and useful Works32

1664Prologue to THE RIVAL-LADIES34

1665Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from THE INDIAN-QUEEN35

1667Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from THE INDIANEMPEROUR38

ANNUS MIRABILIS:THE YEAR OF WONDERS，1666．AN HISTORICAL POEM42

1668Prologue and Song from SECRET-LOVE106

Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from SIR MARTIN MAR-ALL109

1669Prologues and Epilogues to THE WILD GALLANT111

1670Prologue and Epilogue to THE TEMPEST116

Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from TYRANNICK LOVE118

1671Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from AN EVENING＇S LOVE122

1672Prologues，Epilogues and Songs from THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA128

A Song．＇Farewel，fair Armeda＇136

POEMS from COVENT GARDEN DROLERY:Prologue and Epilogue to SECRET-LOVE Spoken by the Women137

The Prologue to Witt without Money139

Prologue to Albumazar140

Prologue to Iulius C?sar141

1673Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE143

Prologue，Epilogue and Song from THE ASSIGNATION147

Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from AMBOTNA149

1674To The Lady Castlemain，Upon Her incouraging his first Play153

1676Prologue and Epilogue to AURENG-ZEBE155

Epilogue to The Man of Mode157

1677Prologue to Circe159

To Mr．Lee，on his Alexander160

1678Epilogue to Mitbridates King of Pontus162

Prologue and Epilogue to ALL FOR LOVE163

1679Prologue to A True Widow165

Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from OEDIPUS166

Prologue，Epilogue and Song from TROILUS AND CRESSIDA171

1680Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from THE KIND KEEPER173

Prologue to C？sar Borgia177

Prologue to The Loyal General178

1681Prologue and Songs from THE SPANISH FRYAR179

Epilogue to Tamerlane the Great182

THE EPILOGUE Spoken to the King at the opening the Play-House at Oxford on．．．March the Nineteenth 1681183

The Prologue at Oxford，1680184

Prologue and Epilogue spoken at Mithridates185

ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL．A POEM188

1682Prologue and Epilogue to The Unhappy Favourite217

Prologue and Epilogue to The Loyal Brother219

THE MEDALL．A SATYRE AGAINST SEDITION223

PROLOGUE TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS Upon His first appearance at the Duke＇s Theatre since his Return from Scotland235

PROLOGUE TO THE DUTCHESS On Her Return from Scotland236

MAC FLECKNOE238

THE SECOND PART OF ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL．A POEM244

RELIGIO LAICI OR A LAYMANS FAITH．A POEM273

1683PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO THE KING AND QUEEN294

Prologue，Epilogues and Song from THE DUKE OF GUISE297

An Epigram of Agathias302

The Epilogue to Constantine the Great303

1684POEMS from MISCELLANT POEMS By the most Eminent Hands:305

Prologue，to the University of Oxon．Spoken at the Acting of the Silent Woman．＇What Greece＇，＆c．305

Epilogue．＇No poor Dutch Peasant＇，＆c．306

Prologue，to the University of Oxford，1674．＇Poets，your Subjects＇，＆c．307

Epilogue to Oxford．＇Oft has our Poet wisht＇，＆c．308

Prologue to the University of Oxford．＇Discord，and Plots＇，＆c．309

Prologue to the University of Oxford．＇Tho＇Actors cannot＇，＆c．310

Prologue to Arviragus Reviv＇d311

Prologue for the Women，when they Acted at the Old Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields312

A Prologue spoken at the Opening of the New House，Mar．26．1674313

Epilogue．＇Though what our Prologue said＇，＆c．314

Prologue and Epilogue to The Princess of Cleves315

The Tears of Amynta，for the Death of Damon317

Epilogue intended to have been spoken by the Lady Henr．Mar．Wentworth when Calisto was acted at Court318

PROLOGUE TO A NEW PLAY，Call＇d，The Disappointment320

To the Earl of Roscomon，on his Excellent Essay on Translated Verse322

To the Memory of Mr．Oldham324

1685A New Song．＇Sylvia the fair＇325

Song．＇Go tell Amynta gentle Swain＇326

THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS:A FUNERAL-PINDARIQUE POEM Sacred to the Happy Memory of King Charles Ⅱ327

Prologue and Epilogue to ALBION AND ALBANIUS341

To my Friend Mr．J．Northleigh，Author of the Parallel344

1686To The Pious Memory Of the Accomplisht Young Lady Mrs Anne Killigrew，Excellent in the two Sister-Arts of Po？sie，and Painting．An Ode344

1687To my Ingenious Friend，Mr．Henry Higden，Esq;On his Translation of the Tenth Satyr of Juvenal350

THE HIND AND THE PANTHER．A POEM，In Three Parts:352

To The Reader352

The First Part355

The Second Part370

The Third Part388

A SONG FOR ST CECILIA＇S DAY，1687422

1688Lines on Milton424

BRITANNIA REDIVIVA:A POEM ON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE425

1689The Prologue and Epilogue to The History of Bacon in Virginia435

1690Prologue and Epilogue to DON SEBASTIAN437

Prologue to The Prophetess439

Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from AMPHITRYON442

1691Prologue to The Mistakes447

Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from KING ARTHUR448

To Sir George Etherege．Mr．D．——Answer462

1692To Mr．Southern;On His Comedy，called the Wives Excuse464

ELEONORA:A PANEGYRICAL POEM Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon466

Prologue，Epilogue and Song from CLEOMENES479

1693Epilogue to Henry the Second482

POEMS from EXAMEN POETICUM:Being the Third Part of Miscellany Poems:483

Song to a Fair，Young Lady，Going out of the Town in the Spring483

Prologue to the University of Oxford，1681．＇The fam＇d Italian Muse＇，＆c．484

Prologue．＇Gallants，a bashful Poet bids me say＇484

Veni Creator Spiritus，Translated in Paraphrase486

Rondelay．＇Chloe found Amyntas lying＇487

An Epitaph on the Lady Wbitmore488

An Epitaph，on Sir Palmes Fairborne＇s Tomb in Westminster-Abby488

1694To my Dear Friend Mr．Congreve，On His Comedy，call＇d The Double- Dealer489

Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from LOVE TRIUMPHANT491

To Sir Godfrey Kneller495

1696AN ODE，on the Death of Mr．Henry Purcell;Late Servant to his Majesty，and Organist of the Chapel Royal500

Epilogue to The Husband His own Cuckold501

1697ALEXANDER＇S FEAST;OR THE POWER OF MUSIQUE．AN ODE In Honour of St．Cecilia＇s Day504

1698To Mr．Granville，on his Excellent Tragedy，call＇d Heroick Love509

To my Friend，the Author[Peter Motteux]510

1700FABLES ANCIENT AND MODERN;TRANSLATED INTO VERSE，from Homer，Ovid，Boccace，and Chaucer:with Original Poems513

The Dedication515

Preface520

To Her Grace the Dutchess of Ormond539

Palamon and Arcite:or，The Knight＇s Tale，from Chaucer．In Three Books．Book Ⅰ544

Book Ⅱ559

Book Ⅲ576

To my Honour＇d Kinsman，John Driden，of Chesterton605

Meleager and Atalanta，Out of the Eighth Book of Ovid＇s Metamorphosis611

Sigismonda and Guiscardo，from Boccace621

Baucis and Philemon，Out of the Eighth Book of Ovid＇s Metamorphoses641

Pygmalion and the Statue，Out of the Tenth Book of Ovid＇s Metamorphoses646

Cinyras and Myrrha，Out of the Tenth Book of Ovid＇s Metamorphoses649

The First Book of Homer＇s Ilias659

The Cock and the Fox:or，The Tale of the Nun＇s Priest，from Chaucer681

Theodore and Honoria，from Boccace702

Ceyx and Alcyone713

The Flower and the Leaf:or，The Lady in the Arbour．A Vision726

The Twelfth Book of Ovid His Metamorphoses，Wholly Translated741

The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses．From Ovid＇s Metamor-phoses Book ⅩⅢ763

The Wife of Bath Her Tale778

Of the Pythagorean Philosophy．From Ovid＇s Metamorphoses Book ⅩⅤ792

1700The Character of A Good Parson;Imitated from Chaucer，And Inlarg＇d811

The Monument of A Fair Maiden Lady，Who dy＇d at Bath，and is there Interr＇d814

Cymon and Iphigenia，from Boccace815

Prologue，Epilogue，Song and Secular Masque from The Pilgrim832

1701The Fair Stranger839

1704Lines on Tonson840

POEMS from POETICAL MISCELLANIES:THE FIFTH PART:841

On the Death of Amyntas:A Pastoral Elegy841

On the Death of A Very Young Gentleman843

The Lady＇s Song844

Upon Young Mr．Rogers of Glocestershire845

A Song．＇Fair，sweet and young，receive a Prize＇845

Song．＇High State and Honours to others impart＇846

Upon the Death of the Viscount Dundee847

1712Epitaph on the Monument of the Marquis of Winchester848

Epitaph on Mrs．Margaret Paston of Barningham in Norfolk848

1800Lines to Mrs Creed849

?Epitaph on Erasmus Lawton849

1813On the Marriage of the Fair and Vertuous Lady，Mrs Anastasia Stafford．A Pindarique Ode850

INDEX OF POEMS853

INDEX OF FIRST LINES859