The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 12Volume 12 — THE KNIGHTES TALE, BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER. (continued 2)Reading editionChapter navigation44 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.APPENDIX TO THE FABLES.THE KNIGHTES TALE, BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER.THE KNIGHTES TALE, BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER. (continued 2)THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.THE FLOUR AND THE LEFE.THE WIF OF BATHES TALE.PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION OF OVID'S EPISTLES.[2]CANACE TO MACAREUS. EPIST. XI.HELEN TO PARIS. EPIST. XVII.[13]DIDO TO ÆNEAS. EPIST. VII.DEDICATION PREFIXED TO THE TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID's METAMORPHOSES.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD RADCLIFFE.[18]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. FROM 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 TENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.ÆSACUS TRANSFORMED INTO A CORMORANT. FROM THE ELEVENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.THE TWELFTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, WHOLLY TRANSLATED.THE SPEECHES OF AJAX AND ULYSSES: FROM THE THIRTEENTH BOOK Of OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.THE STORY OF ACIS, POLYPHEMUS, AND GALATEA, FROM THE THIRTEENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.OF THE PYTHAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY. FROM THE FIFTEENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.THE FIRST BOOK OF OVID'S ART OF LOVE.FROM OVID'S AMOURS. BOOK I. ELEG. 1.FROM OVID'S AMOURS. BOOK I. ELEG. 4.PREFACE ON TRANSLATION, PREFIXED TO DRYDEN's SECOND MISCELLANY, PUBLISHED IN 1685.AMARYLLIS: OR, THE THIRD IDYLLIUM OF THEOCRITUS, PARAPHRASED.[59]THE EPITHALAMIUM OF HELEN AND MENELAUS. FROM THE EIGHTEENTH IDYLLIUM OF THEOCRITUS.[62]THE DESPAIRING LOVER. FROM THE TWENTY-THIRD IDYLLIUM OF THEOCRITUS.DAPHNIS AND CHLORIS.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.THE LATTER PART OF THE FOURTH BOOK OF LUCRETIUS; CONCERNING THE NATURE OF LOVE. BEGINNING AT THIS LINE: Sic igitur Veneris qui telis accipit ictum, &c.FROM THE FIFTH BOOK OF LUCRETIUS. Tum porrò puer, &c.THE THIRD ODE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE. INSCRIBED TO THE EARL OF ROSCOMMON, ON HIS INTENDED VOYAGE TO IRELAND.[63]THE NINTH ODE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE.THE TWENTY-NINTH ODE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE. PARAPHRASED IN PINDARIC VERSE, AND INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HON. LAURENCE, EARL OF ROCHESTER.THE SECOND EPODE OF HORACE.THE FIRST BOOK OF HOMER'S ILIAD.THE LAST PARTING OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. FROM THE SIXTH BOOK OF THE ILIAD.Previous chapter ←Volume 12 — THE KNIGHTES TALE, BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER.Next chapter →Volume 12 — THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.All chapters and sections (44)Other sectionsTHE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.Volume 12 · Other sectionsAPPENDIX TO THE FABLES.THE KNIGHTES TALE, BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER.THE KNIGHTES TALE, BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER. (continued 2)THE NONNES PREESTES TALE.THE FLOUR AND THE LEFE.THE WIF OF BATHES TALE.PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION OF OVID'S EPISTLES.[2]CANACE TO MACAREUS. EPIST. XI.HELEN TO PARIS. EPIST. XVII.[13]DIDO TO ÆNEAS. EPIST. VII.DEDICATION PREFIXED TO THE TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID's METAMORPHOSES.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD RADCLIFFE.[18]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. FROM 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 TENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.ÆSACUS TRANSFORMED INTO A CORMORANT. FROM THE ELEVENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.THE TWELFTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES, WHOLLY TRANSLATED.THE SPEECHES OF AJAX AND ULYSSES: FROM THE THIRTEENTH BOOK Of OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.THE STORY OF ACIS, POLYPHEMUS, AND GALATEA, FROM THE THIRTEENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.OF THE PYTHAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY. FROM THE FIFTEENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.THE FIRST BOOK OF OVID'S ART OF LOVE.Volume 12 / Book 1 · Books11Volume 12 / Book 1 · Other sectionsPREFACE ON TRANSLATION, PREFIXED TO DRYDEN's SECOND MISCELLANY, PUBLISHED IN 1685.AMARYLLIS: OR, THE THIRD IDYLLIUM OF THEOCRITUS, PARAPHRASED.[59]THE EPITHALAMIUM OF HELEN AND MENELAUS. FROM THE EIGHTEENTH IDYLLIUM OF THEOCRITUS.[62]THE DESPAIRING LOVER. FROM THE TWENTY-THIRD IDYLLIUM OF THEOCRITUS.DAPHNIS AND CHLORIS.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.THE LATTER PART OF THE FOURTH BOOK OF LUCRETIUS; CONCERNING THE NATURE OF LOVE. BEGINNING AT THIS LINE: Sic igitur Veneris qui telis accipit ictum, &c.FROM THE FIFTH BOOK OF LUCRETIUS. Tum porrò puer, &c.THE THIRD ODE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE. INSCRIBED TO THE EARL OF ROSCOMMON, ON HIS INTENDED VOYAGE TO IRELAND.[63]THE NINTH ODE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE.THE TWENTY-NINTH ODE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE. PARAPHRASED IN PINDARIC VERSE, AND INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HON. LAURENCE, EARL OF ROCHESTER.THE SECOND EPODE OF HORACE.THE FIRST BOOK OF HOMER'S ILIAD.THE LAST PARTING OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE. FROM THE SIXTH BOOK OF THE ILIAD.FOOTNOTES:◇← THE KNIGHTES TALE, BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER.THE NONNES PREESTES TALE. →