The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18

Part III. 195

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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.