John Dryden. 1913. The Poems of John Dryden

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With ravish’d Ears / The Monarch hears, / Assumes the God, / Affects to nod, / And seems to shake the Spheres.

—Alexander’s Feast, ll. 37–41.

John
Dryden

The Poems of John Dryden

John Dryden

The Oxford edition of the poet who defined his age includes the groundbreaking translations and songs from his plays.

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record Introduction

EDITED BY JOHN SARGEAUNT

LONDON, NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1913
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2011

Heroick Stanza’s Astræa Redux To His Sacred Majesty, a Panegyrick on His Coronation To my Lord Chancellor, presented on New-Years-Day, 1662 Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666 Absalom and Achitophel The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel Key to Both Parts of Absalom and Achitophel The Medall Mac Flecknoe Religio Laici; or a Layman’s Faith Threnodia Augustalis The Hind and the Panther The First Part The Second Part The Third Part Britannia Rediviva: a Poem on the Birth of the Prince Epistles and Complimentary Addresses To John Hoddesdon, on his Divine Epigrams To my Honored Friend Sir Robert Howard on his Excellent Poems To my Honour’d Friend Dr. Charleton, on his learned and useful Works To the Lady Castlemaine, upon Her incouraging his first Play To Mr. Lee, on his Alexander To the Earl of Roscomon, on his Excellent Essay on Translated Verse To my Friend, Mr. Northleigh, Author of The Parallel, on his Triumph of the British Monarchy To my Ingenious Friend, Henry Higden, Esq., on his Translation of the Tenth Satyr of Juvenal A Letter to Sir George Etherege To Mr. Southern, on his Comedy called The Wives Excuse To my Dear Friend, Mr. Congreve, on his Comedy called The Double-Dealer To Sir Godfrey Kneller, principal Painter to His Majesty To Mr. Granville, on his excellent Tragedy, called Heroick Love [To Peter Antony Motteux, on his Tragedy, called Beauty in Distress] To my honour’d Kinsman, John Driden Elegies and Epitaphs Upon the Death of the Lord Hastings On the Monument of the Marquis of Winchester Epitaph on Sir Palmes Fairborne’s Tomb, in Westminster Abbey To the Memory of Mr. Oldham To the Pious Memory of the Accomplisht Young Lady, Mrs. Anne Killigrew, excellent in the two Sister-arts of Poesie and Painting. An Ode Upon the Death of the Viscount of Dundee Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore Eleonora: A Panegyrical Poem: dedicated to the Memory of the late Countess of Abingdon On the Death of Mr. Purcell The Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady, who dy’d at Bath, and is there interr’d On the Death of Amyntas. A Pastoral Elegy On the Death of a very Young Gentleman Upon Young Mr. Rogers, of Gloucestershire On Mrs. Margaret Paston, of Barningham, in Norfolk Epitaph on a Nephew in Catworth Church, Huntingdonshire Songs, Odes, and Lyrical Pieces The Tears of Amynta for the Death of Damon Song (“Sylvia the fair, in the bloom of Fifteen”) A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day, November 22, 1687 The Lady’s Song A Song to a Fair Young Lady going out of Town in the Spring Alexander’s Feast; or, The Power of Musique. An Ode in honour of St. Cecilia’s Day: 1697 A Song (“Go tell Amynta, gentle Swain”) Rondelay The Fair Stranger A Song (“Fair, sweet and young, receive a prize”) A Song (“High State and Honours to others impart”) The Secular Masque Song of a Scholar and his Mistress Prologues and Epilogues Prologue and Epilogue to The Wild Gallant Prologue to The Rival Ladies Prologue and Epilogue to The Indian Emperor Prologue to Secret Love, or the Maiden Queen Prologue and Epilogue to The Wild Gallant, revived Prologue and Epilogue to Sir Martin Mar-all, or the Feigned Innocence Prologue and Epilogue to The Tempest Prologue to Albumazar Prologue and Epilogue to An Evening’s Love, or the Mock Astrologer Prologue and Epilogue to Tyrannick Love, or the Royal Martyr Prologue and Epilogue to The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards Prologue and Epilogue to the Second Part of The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards Prologue. Spoken on the First Day of the Kings House acting after the Fire Prologue to Arviragus and Philicia, revived Prologue, for the Women, when they Acted at the Old Theatre in Lincoln’s Inn Fields Prologue and Epilogue to The Maiden Queen, or Secret Love, When acted by the Women only Prologue and Epilogue to Marriage-à-la-Mode Prologue and Epilogue to The Assignation, or Love in a Nunnery Prologue and Epilogue to Amboyna, or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants Prologue and Epilogue to the University of Oxford Prologue and Epilogue. Spoken at the opening of the New House, March 26, 1674 Prologue and Epilogue to the University of Oxford Prologue and Epilogue to Aureng-Zebe Epilogue to Calisto, or the Chaste Nymph Epilogue to The Man of Mode, or Sir Fopling Flutter Prologue to Circe Earlier version of Prologue to Circe Prologue and Epilogue to All for Love, or the World well Lost Epilogue to Mithridates, King of Pontus Prologue and Epilogue to The Kind Keeper, or Mr. Limberham Prologue to The True Widow Prologue and Epilogue to Œdipus Prologue and Epilogue to Troilus and Cressida, or Truth found Too Late Prologue to Cæsar Borgia, Son of Pope Alexander the Sixth The Prologue at Oxford, 1680 Prologue to The Loyal General Prologue to The Spanish Fryar, or the Double Discovery Epilogue to Tamerlane the Great A Prologue (“Gallants, a bashful Poet bids me say”) Prologue and Epilogue to The Princess of Cleves First Prologue to the University of Oxford Second Prologue to the University of Oxford Third Prologue to the University of Oxford Prologue to The Unhappy Favourite Epilogue to The Unhappy Favourite, or the Earl of Essex Prologue to his Royal Highness upon his first appearance at the Duke’s Theatre since his Return from Scotland Prologue to the Duchess on her Return from Scotland Prologue and Epilogues to The Loyal Brother, or the Persian Prince Prologue and Epilogue to the King and Queen Prologue and Epilogue to The Duke of Guise Epilogue to Constantine the Great Prologue to Disappointment, or the Mother in Fashion Prologue and Epilogue to Albion and Albanius Prologue and Epilogue to Don Sebastian Prologue to The Prophetess Prologue and Epilogue to Amphitryon, or the Two Sosias Prologue to Mistakes, or the False Report Prologue and Epilogue to King Arthur, or the British Worthy Prologue and Epilogue to Cleomenes, the Spartan Heroe Epilogue to Henry II, King of England, with the Death of Rosamond Prologue and Epilogue to Love Triumphant, or Nature will Prevail Epilogue to The Husband his own Cuckold Prologue and Epilogue on the Occasion of a Representation for Dryden’s Benefit, March 25, 1700 Fables Ancient and Modern To his Grace the Duke of Ormond: Dedication and Preface To her Grace the Dutchess of Ormond Palamon and Arcite: or the Knight’s Tale. From Chaucer Book I Book II Book III The Cock and the Fox, or the Tale of the Nun’s Priest The Flower and the Leaf; or, The Lady in the Arbour The Wife of Bath her Tale The Character of a Good Parson Sigismonda and Guiscardo Theodore and Honoria Cymon and Iphigenia Translations of Latin Hymns and Minor Miscellanies Veni, Creator Spiritus Te Deum Hymn for the Nativity of St. John Baptist Lines in a Letter to his Lady Cousin, Honor Driden Lines printed under the engraved portrait of Milton, in Tonson’s folio edition of the Paradise Lost, 1688 Impromptu Lines addressed to his Cousin, Mrs. Creed Fragment of a Character of Jacob Tonson Songs from the Plays Song of Aerial Spirits, from The Indian Queen Hymn to the Sun, from The Indian Queen “I look’d and saw within the Book of Fate,” from The Indian Emperor “Ah fading joy, how quickly art thou past!,” from The Indian Emperor “I Feed a Flame within which so torments me,” from The Maiden Queen “Make ready fair Lady to night,” from Sir Martin Marr-All “Blind Love, to this hour,” from Sir Martin Marr-All (after Voiture) “You charm’d me not with that fair face,” from An Evening’s Love “After the pangs of a desperate Lover,” from An Evening’s Love “Calm was the Even, and clear was the Sky,” from An Evening’s Love “Celimena, of my heart,” from An Evening’s Love “You pleasing Dreams of Love and sweet delight,” from Tyrannick Love “Ah how sweet it is to love,” from Tyrannick Love “Wherever I am, and whatever I doe,” from The Conquest of Granada Song of the Zambra Dance, from The Conquest of Granada “How unhappy a Lover am I,” from The Conquest of Granada, Part II “Why should a foolish Marriage Vow,” from Marriage-à-la-Mode “Whilst Alexis lay prest,” from Marriage-à-la-Mode “Long betwixt Love and fear Phillis tormented,” from The Assignation Epithalamium, from Amboyna Song of the Sea Fight, from Amboyna Song from the Italian, from The Kind Keeper Song to Apollo, from Œdipus “Can Life be a Blessing,” from Troilus and Cressida “Farwell ungratefull Traytor,” from The Spanish Fryar Song betwixt a Shepherd and a Shepherdess, from The Duke of Guise “Celia, that I once was blest,” from Amphitryon “Fair Iris I love and hourly I dye,” from Amphitryon Pastoral Dialogue, from Amphitryon “Oh Sight, the Mother of Desires,” from King Arthur “How happy the Lover,” from King Arthur Song of Æolus, from King Arthur Song of Pan and Nereide, from King Arthur “Your Hay it is Mow’d, and your Corn is Reap’d,” from King Arthur Song of Venus, from King Arthur “No, no, poor suff’ring Heart, no Change endeavour,” from Cleomenes Song of Jealousie, from Love Triumphant Song for a Girl, from Love Triumphant Translations Preface to Sylvae, or the Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, 1685 Amaryllis; or, the Third Idyllium of Theocritus, paraphras’d The Epithalamium of Helen and Menelaus, from the Eighteenth Idyllium of Theocritus The Despairing Lover, from the Twenty-third Idyllium of Theocritus The Beginning of the First Book of Lucretius The Beginning of the Second Book of Lucretius The Latter Part of the Third Book of Lucretius; against the Fear of Death From Book the Fifth of Lucretius The Third Ode of the First Book of Horace; inscribed to the Earl of Roscommon, on his intended Voyage to Ireland The Ninth Ode of the First Book of Horace The Twenty-ninth Ode of the Third Book of Horace; paraphrased in Pindarick Verse, and inscribed to the Right Hon. Laurence, Earl of Rochester The Second Epode of Horace The First Book of Homer’s Ilias The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache. From the Sixth Book of Homer’s Iliads The Dedication to Examen Poeticum, 1693 The First Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses Meleager and Atalanta, out of the Eighth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses Baucis and Philemon, out of the Eighth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe, from the Ninth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses Pygmalion and the Statue, out of the Tenth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses Cinyras and Myrrha, out of the Tenth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses Ceyx and Alcyone, out of the Eleventh Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses Æsacus transformed into a Cormorant. From the Eleventh Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses The Twelfth Book of the Metamorphoses, wholly translated The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses; from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book XIII The Fable of Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea. From the Thirteenth Book of the Metamorphoses Of the Pythagorean Philosophy; from the Fifteenth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses Preface concerning Ovid’s Epistles Ovid’s Epistles Canace to Macareus Helen to Paris Dido to Æneas The First Book of Ovid’s Art of Love From Ovid’s Amours Book I. Eleg. I Book I. Eleg. IV Book II. Eleg. XIX From Juvenal The First Satyr The Third Satyr The Sixth Satyr The Tenth Satyr The Sixteenth Satyr From Aulus Persius Flaccus Prologue to the First Satyr The First Satyr The Second Satyr The Third Satyr The Fourth Satyr The Fifth Satyr The Sixth Satyr Some Peculiar Spellings of Dryden’s

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