The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18
Part III. 195
Notes on Part III. 240
Britannia, Rediviva, a Poem on the Birth of the Prince, 283 Notes, 302
Prologues and Epilogues, 309
Mac-Flecknoe, a Satire against Thomas Shadwell, 425 Notes, 441
VOLUME ELEVENTH.
EPISTLES.
Epistle I. To John Hoddeson, 3 II. To Sir Robert Howard, 5 III. To Dr Charleton, 12 IV. To the Lady Castlemain, 18 V. To Mr Lee, 22 VI. To the Earl of Roscommon, 26 VII. To the Duchess of York, 31 VIII. To Mr J. Northleigh, 35 IX. To Sir George Etherege, 38 X. To Mr Southerne, 47 XI. To Henry Higden, Esq. 52 XII. To Mr Congreve, 57 XIII. To Mr Granville, 63 XIV. To Mr Motteux, 67 XV. To Mr John Driden, 71 XVI. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, 84
ELEGIES AND EPITAPHS.
Upon the Death of Lord Hastings, 94
To the Memory of Mr Oldham, 99
To the pious Memory of Mrs Anne Killigrew, 105
Upon the Death of the Viscount of Dundee, 115
Eleonora, a panegyrical Poem, to the Memory of the Countess of Abingdon, 117
Dedication to the Earl of Abingdon, 121
On the Death of Amyntas, 139
On the Death of a very young Gentleman, 142
Upon young Mr Rogers of Gloucestershire, 144
On the Death of Mr Purcell, 145
Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore, 150 Mrs Margaret Paston, 151 the Monument of the Marquis of Winchester, 152 Sir Palmer Fairbones’ tomb in Westminster Abbey, 155 The Monument of a fair Maiden Lady, 158
Inscription under Milton’s Picture, 160
ODES, SONGS, AND LYRICAL PIECES.
The Fair Stranger, 163
A Song for St Cecilia’s Day, 165
The Tears of Amynta, 171
A Song, 173
The Lady’s Song, 175
A Song, 176
A Song, 177
Rondelay, 178
A Song, 180
A Song to a fair young Lady, 181
Alexander’s Feast, or the power of Music, an Ode, 183
Veni Creator Spiritus, paraphrased, 190
FABLES.--TALES FROM CHAUCER.
Dedication to the Duke of Ormond, 195
Preface prefixed to the Fables, 205
Palamon and Arcite; or the Knight’s Tale, 241 Dedication to the Duchess of Ormond, 245
The Cock and the Fox; or the Tale of the Nun’s Priest, 327
The Flower and the Leaf; or the Lady in the Arbour, 356
The Wife of Bath, her Tale, 377
The Character of a good Parson, 395
FABLES.--TRANSLATIONS FROM BOCCACE.
Sigismonda and Guiscardo, 403
Theodore and Honoria, 433
Cymon and Iphigenia, 452
VOLUME TWELFTH.
Appendix to the Fables, i
The Knightes Tale, by Chaucer, iii
The Nonnes Preestes Tale, liii
The Floure and the Leafe, lxviii
The Wif of Bathes Tale, lxxxii
TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID’S EPISTLES.
Preface, 3
Canace to Macareus, 21
Helen to Paris, 26
Dido to Æneas, 35
TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID’S METAMORPHOSES.
Dedication to Lord Radcliffe, 47
The first Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, 63
Meleager and Atalanta, 97
Baucis and Philemon, 109
Iphis and Ianthe, 116
Pygmalion and the Statue, 123
Cinyras and Myrrha, 127
Ceyx and Alcyone, 139
Æsacus transformed into a Cormorant, 154
The Twelfth Book of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, 156
The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses, 181
Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea, 199
Of the Pythagorean Philosophy, 207
TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID’S ART OF LOVE.
Preface on Translation, prefixed to Dryden’s Second Miscellany, 263
TRANSLATIONS FROM THEOCRITUS.
Amaryllis, 287
The Epithalamium of Helen and Menelaus, 292
The Despairing Lover, 296
Daphnis and Chloris, 300
TRANSLATIONS FROM LUCRETIUS.