Introductory material

EPISTLES.

I. To my honoured friend, Sir Robert Howard, on his excellent Poems

II. To my honoured friend, Dr Charleton, on his learned and useful Works; but more particularly his Treatise of Stonehenge, by him restored to the true founder

III. To the Lady Castlemain, upon her encouraging his first play

IV. To Mr Lee, on his "Alexander"

V. To the Earl of Roscommon, on his excellent Essay on Translated Verse

VI. To the Duchess of York, on her return from Scotland in the year 1682

VII. A Letter to Sir George Etherege

VIII. To Mr Southerne, on his Comedy called "The Wives' Excuse"

IX. To Henry Higden, Esq., on his translation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal

X. To my dear friend, Mr Congreve, on his Comedy called "The Double-dealer"

XI. To Mr Granville, on his excellent Tragedy called "Heroic Love"

XII. To my friend, Mr Motteux, on his Tragedy called "Beauty in Distress"

XIII. To my honoured kinsman, John Dryden of Chesterton, in the county of Huntingdon, Esq.

XIV. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, principal painter to his Majesty

XV. To his friend the author, John Hoddesdon, on his Divine Epigrams

XVI. To my friend, Mr J. Northleigh, author of "The Parallel" on his "Triumph of the British Monarchy"

ELEGIES AND EPITAPHS.

I. To the Memory of Mr Oldham

II. To the pious memory of the accomplished young lady, Mrs Anne Killigrew, excellent in the two sister arts of Poesy and Painting: an Ode

III. Upon the death of the Earl of Dundee

IV. Eleonora: a Panegyrical Poem, dedicated to the memory of the late Countess of Abingdon

V. On the Death of Amyntas: a Pastoral Elegy

VI. On the Death of a very Young Gentleman

VII. Upon young Mr Rogers of Gloucestershire

VIII. On the Death of Mr Purcell

IX. Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore

X. Epitaph on Sir Palmes Fairbone's tomb in Westminster Abbey

XI. Under Mr Milton's picture, before his "Paradise Lost"

XII. On the monument of a fair Maiden Lady, who died at Bath, and is there interred

XIII. Epitaph on Mrs Margaret Paston of Burningham, in Norfolk

XIV. On the monument of the Marquis of Winchester

SONGS, ODES, AND A MASQUE.

I. The Fair Stranger

II. On the Young Statesmen

III. A Song for St Cecilia's Day, 1687

IV. The Tears of Amynta for the death of Damon

V. The Lady's Song

VI. A Song

VII. A Song

VIII. Roundelay

IX. A Song

X. A Song to a fair Young Lady going out of town in Spring

XI. Song in the "Indian Emperor"

XII. Song in "The Maiden Queen"

XIII. Songs in "The Conquest of Granada"

XIV. Song of the Sea-fight in "Amboyna"

XV. Incantation in "Oedipus"

XVI. Songs in "Albion and Albanius"

XVII. Songs in "King Arthur"

XVIII. Song of Jealousy in "Love Triumphant"

XIX. Song—Farewell, fair Armida

XX. Alexander's Feast; or, the Power of Music: an Ode in honour of St Cecilia's Day

XXI. The Secular Masque

XXII. Song of a Scholar and his Mistress

PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES.

I. Prologue to "The Rival Ladies"

II. Prologue to "The Indian Queen"

III. Epilogue to "The Indian Queen"

IV. Epilogue to "The Indian Emperor"

V. Prologue to "Sir Martin Marr-all"

VI. Prologue to "The Tempest"

VII. Prologue to "Tyrannic Love"

VIII. Epilogue to "The Wild Gallant"

IX. Prologue, spoken the first day of the King's House acting after the fire of London

X. Epilogue to the Second Part of the "Conquest of Granada"

XI. Prologue to "Aboyna"

XII. Epilogue to "Aboyna"

XIII. Prologue, spoken at the Opening of the New House, March 26, 1674

XIV. Prologue to the University of Oxford, 1674

XV. Prologue to "Circe," a Tragic Opera

XVI. Epilogue, intended to have been spoken by the Lady Hen. Mar. Wentworth, when "Calista" was acted at Court

XVII. Prologue to "Aurenzebe"

XVIII. Epilogue to "The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter"

XIX. Epilogue to "All for Love"

XX. Prologue to "Limberham"

XXI. Epilogue to "Mithridates, King of Pontus"

XXII. Prologue to "Oedipus"

XXIII. Epilogue to "Oedipus"

XXIV. Prologue to "Troilus and Cressida"

XXV. Prologue to "Cæsar Borgia"

XXVI. Prologue to "Sophonisba"

XXVII. Prologue to "The Royal General"

XXVIII. Prologue to "The University of Oxford," 1681

XXIX. Prologue to his Royal Highness, upon his first appearance at the Duke's Theatre, after his return from Scotland, 1682

XXX. Prologue to "The Earl of Essex; or, the Unhappy Favourite"

XXXI. Epilogue for "The King's House"

XXXII. Prologue to "The Loyal Brother; or, the Persian Prince".

XXXIII. Prologue to "The King and Queen"

XXXIV. Prologue to the University of Oxford

XXXV. Epilogue

XXXVI. Epilogue spoken at Oxford by Mrs Marshall

XXXVII. Prologue to the University of Oxford

XXXVIII. Prologue to the University of Oxford

XXXIX. Prologue to "Albion and Albanins"

XL. Epilogue to "Albion and Albanius"

XLI. Prologue to "Aviragus and Philicia Revived"

XLII. Prologue to "Don Sebastian"

XLIII. Prologue to "The Prophetess"

XLIV. Prologue to "The Mistakes"

XLV. Prologue to "King Arthur"

XLVI. Prologue to "Albumazar"

XLVII. An Epilogue

XLVIII. Prologue to "The Husband his own Cuckold"

XLIX. Prologue to "The Pilgrim"

L. Epilogue to "The Pilgrim"

TALES FROM CHAUCER.

To her Grace the Duchess of Ormond

Palamon and Arcite; or, the Knight's Tale

The Cock and the Fox; or, the Tale of the Nun's Priest

The Flower and the Leaf; or, the Lady in the Arbour: a Vision

The Wife of Bath, her Tale

The Character of a good Parson