ABSTRACT

Volume II covers the poems of Dryden from 1682 to 1685. Together with volume one, the work forms the first part of the most informative and accessible edition of Dryden's poetry, providing an invaluable resource for students of Restoration culture.

chapter 68|6 pages

Prologue and Epilogue to The Loyal Brother

chapter 69|26 pages

The Medal

chapter 70|2 pages

Prologue to His Royal Highness

chapter 71|3 pages

Prologue to the Duchess

chapter 72|37 pages

The Second Part o f Absalom and Achitophel

chapter 74|54 pages

Religio Laici

chapter 78|1 pages

An Epigram o f Agathias

chapter 79|37 pages

The Art of Poetry

chapter 80|3 pages

Epilogue to Constantine the Great

chapter 82|10 pages

Amaryllis (from Theocritus’ Idyll III)

chapter 83|2 pages

The Tears of Amynta

chapter 84|5 pages

Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue

chapter 85|6 pages

Virgil’s Ninth Eclogue

chapter 86|3 pages

Prologue to The Disappointment

chapter 87|6 pages

To the Earl of Roscommon

chapter 88|5 pages

To Mr L. Maidwell

chapter 89|6 pages

To the Memory of Mr Oldham

chapter 90|24 pages

Preface to Sylvae

chapter 94|6 pages

Lucretius: The Beginning of the First Book

chapter 98|2 pages

From Lucretius: Book the Fifth

chapter 101|6 pages

Daphnis (from Theocritus’ Idyll XXVII)

chapter 102|4 pages

Horace: Odes I iii

chapter 103|3 pages

Horace: Odes I ix

chapter 104|8 pages

Horace: Odes III xxix

chapter 105|9 pages

Horace: Epode II

chapter 106|2 pages

A N ew Song (‘Sylvia the fair’)

chapter 107|1 pages

Song (‘Go tell Amynta, gentle swain’)

chapter 108|32 pages

Threnodia Augustalis

chapter 110|2 pages

To Mr Northleigh