THE SOLILO QUY

OF

ARO Y AL E XIL E.

UNHAPPY I! who, once ordain'd to bear

God's justice sword, and his vicegerent here,
Am now depos’d !-'gainst me my children rise,
My life must be their only sacrifice :
Highly they me accuse, but nothing prove ;
But this is out of tenderness and love!

They seek to spill my blood; 'tis that alone
Must for the nation's crying fins atone.
But careful Heaven forewarn'd me in a dream,
And shewd me that my dangers were extreme ;
The heavenly vision spoke, and bade me flee
Th’ungrateful brood that were not worthy me :
Aların’d I fled at the appointed time;
And mere necessity was made my crime!

CON

CONTENTS

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F I R S T V O L U M E.

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UPON the Death of Lord Hastings

Heroic Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Crom-

well

13

Astræa Redux, a Poem on the Restoration of King
Charles II.

19

A Panegyric on the Coronation of Charles II.

30

An Address to Lord Chancellor Hyde

35

Satire on the Dutch

4.0

To her Royal Highness the Dutchess, on the memora-

ble Victory gained by the Duke over the Hollanders,

June 3, 1665, and on her Journey into the North 42

Annus Mirabilis : The Year of Wonders, 1666 47

Essay upon Satire. By Mr Dryden and the Earl of

Mulgrave, 1675

Absalom and Achitophel, Part I.

Part II.

160

II2

122

The Medal, a Satire against Sedition

202

Tarquin

220

Tarquin and Tullia
Suum Cuique

225 Religio Laici, or a Layman's Faith

229 The Art of Poetry, by Mr Dryden and Sir Wil.

liam Soame Threnodia Augustalis, a Funeral Pindarick Poem,

to the Memory of Charles II. Veni Creator Spiritus, paraphrased The Soliloquy of a Royal Exile

258

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