THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOHN DRYDEN, ESQ.

CONTAINING

ORIGINAL POEMS,

TALES, AND TRANSLATIONS,

WITH NOTES,

BY THE LATE

REV. JOSEPH WARTON, D.D.

THE

REV. JOHN WARTON, M.A.

AND OTHERS.

IN FOUR VOLUMES,

VOL. II.

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CONTENTS

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VOL. II.

THE Hind and the Panther, a Poem, in three Parts

Britannia Rediviva; a Poem on the Birth of the

Prince

Mac Flecknoe

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169

Epiftle the First. To my honoured Friend Sir Ro-

bert Howard, on his excellent Poems

Epiftle the Second. To my honoured Friend, Dr.

Charleton, on his learned and useful Works; but

more particularly his Treatife of Stonehenge, by

him restored to the true Founder

Epistle the Third. To the Lady Castlemain, upon

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192

her encouraging his first Play

199

Epiftle the Fourth. To Mr. Lee, on his Alexander

202

Epiftle the Fifth. To the Earl of Rofcommon, on

his excellent Effay on translated Verse

206

Epiftle the Sixth. To the Dutchess of York, on her

Return from Scotland in the Year 1682

Epiftle the Seventh. A Letter to Sir George Ethe-

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211

redge

214

Epiftle the Eighth. To Mr. Southerne, on his

Comedy called, The Wives Excufe

Epiftle the Ninth. To Henry Higden, Efq. on his

Tranflation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal

Epiftle the Tenth. To my dear Friend, Mr. Con-

greve, on his Comedy, called, The Double Dealer

Epiftle the Eleventh. To Mr. Granville, on his

excellent Tragedy, called, Heroic Love

Epiftle the Twelfth. To my Friend, Mr. Motteux,

on his Tragedy, called, Beauty in Distress

Epiftle the Thirteenth. To my honoured Kinsman,

John Dryden, of Chesterton, in the County of

Huntingdon, Efq.

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To the pious Memory of the accomplished young

Lady, Mrs. Anne Killigrew, excellent in the two

Sifter Arts of Poefy and Painting. An Ode

259

Upon the Death of the Earl of Dundee

Eleonora; a Panegyrical Poem, dedicated to the

Memory of the late Countess of Abingdon

271

On the Death of Amyntas; a Pastoral Elegy

296

On the Death of a very young Gentleman

Upon young Mr. Rogers, of Gloucestershire

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303

On the Death of Mr. Purcell, fet to Mufic by Dr.

Blow

304

Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore

Under Mr. Milton's Picture, before his Paradise

Loft

Epitaph on Sir Palmes Fairbone's Tomb in Weft-

minster-Abbey

307

309

On the Monument of a fair Maiden Lady, who died

at Bath, and is there interred

311

Epitaph on Mrs. Margaret Pafton, of Burningham,

in Norfolk

On the Monument of the Marquis of Winchester

Songs, Odes, and a Masque

The Fair Stranger, a Song

On the young Statesmen

A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687

Song. Farewell, fair Armida

The Lady's Song

Songs

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314

331, 332, 333

A Song to a fair young Lady, going out of the Town

in the Spring

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Alexander's Feaft; or, the Power of Mufic; an Ode,

Song of a Scholar and his Mistress, who being

croffed by their Friends, fell mad for one another,

and now firft meet in Bedlam

Songs in the Indian Emperor

Song in the Maiden Queen

Song in the firft Part of the Conquest of Granada

Song, in two Parts, in the fecond Part of the Conquest

of Granada

Song of the Sea-Fight, in Amboyna

Incantation in Edipus

Songs in Albion and Albanius

King Arthur

to Britannia, in King Arthur

Song of Jealoufy, in Love Triumphant

Prologue to the Rival Ladies

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359, 360

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366

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