CONTENTS. Ax Essay upon Satire. By Mr. Dryden and the To the Lord Chancellor Hyde, presented on Upon the death of Lord Hastings, EPISTLES. Page 1. To my honoured friend, Sir Robert Howard, IL To my honoured friend, Dr. Charleton, on IV. To Mr. Lee, on his Alexander, V. To the Earl of Roscommon, on his excellent VI. To her Royal Highness the Duchess, on the memorable victory gain'd by the Duke over the Hollanders, June 3. 1665; VII. A ktter to Sir George Etherege, 16 5 22 26 30 32 34 36 39 42 VIII. To Mr. Southern, on his Comedy called IX. To Henry Higden, Esq. on his translation X. To my dear friend, Mr. Congreve, on his Page 45 46 48 51 52 55 XI. To Mr. Granville, on his excellent Tragedy call'd Heroic Love, XII. To my friend, Mr. Motteux, on his Tragedy called Beauty in Distress, XIII. To the Duchess of York, on her return XIV. To my honoured kinsman, John Dryden of don, Esq. XV. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, principal painter to his Majesty, XVI. A familiar epistle to Mr. Julian, secretary of the Muses, XVII. To her Grace the Duchess of Ormond, with the Author's translation of Pala mon and Arcite, PROLOGUES. 1. Prologue spoken the first day of the King's house acting after the fire, II. Prologue spoken at the opening of the New house, March 26, 1674, 57 65 71 75 82 83 Page IV. Epilogue to Mithridates King of Pontus. By V. Epilogue to a Tragedy called Tamerlane. By Mr, Saunders, VI. An Epilogue for the King's house, VII. Epilogue to the Loyal Brother: or, The VIII. Epilogue to the University of Oxford. Spo- IX. Epilogue Spoken at Oxford. By Mrs. Mar shall, X. Epilogue to Constantine the Great. By Mr. N. Lee, 1684, 128 129 130 132 133 135 136 XI. Epilogue to the King and Queen, upon the union of the two companies, 1686, 138 XII. Epilogue to The Pincess of Cleves, 1689, 140 XIII. Epilogue to Henry II. By Mr. Mountfort, 1693. Spoken by Mrs. Bracegirdle, XIV. An Epilogue, 141 143 XV. Epilogue to The Husband his own Cuckold, 144 XVI. Epilogue to The Pilgrim, 146 SONGS. 1. The Fair Stranger, 148 II. On the Young Statesmen. Written in 1680, 149 III. A Song for St. Cecilia's day, 1687, 150 IV. The Tears of Amynta for the death of Damon,153 XI. A Song to a fair young Lady going out of the Town in the Spring, XII. Song of a Scholar and his Mistress, ELEGIES, AND EPITAPHS. I. To the memory of Mr. Oldham, II. To the pious memory of the accomplished young Lady, Mrs. Anne Killigrew, Dedication to Eleonora. Inscribed to the Earl of Abingdon, &c. 160 161 163 164. 172 III. Eleonora. A panegyrical Poem. To the memory of the late Countess of Abingdon, 179 IV. Upon the death of the Earl of Dundee, 193 V. On the death of Amyntas. A pastoral elegy, ib. VI. On the death of a very young Gentleman, 196 VII. Uponyoung Master RogersofGloucestershire, 198 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 Para 199 200 201 dise Lost, 202 Page XII. On the monument of a fair maiden Lady, who died at Bath, and is there interred, 202 XIII. Epitaph on Mrs. Margaret Paston, of Burningham in Norfolk, XIV. On the monument of the Marquis of Win chester, ODES. Horace, Book I. Ode III. Inscribed to the Earl of Horace, Book I. Ode IX. Horace, Book I. Ode XXIX. Paraphrased in Pin daric verse, and inscribed to the Right 204 ib. 205 207 |