M. DCCC. LV.

THE LIFE OF JOHN DRYDEN.

CONTENTS ON THE DEATH OF LORD HASTINGS HEROIC STANZAS ON THE

DRYDEN'S POEMS. ON THE DEATH OF LORD HASTINGS.[1]

HEROIC STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF OLIVER CROMWELL, WRITTEN AFTER HIS FUNERAL.

ASTRAEA REDUX. A POEM ON THE HAPPY RESTORATION AND RETURN OF HIS SACRED MAJESTY CHARLES II., 1660.

TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY. A PANEGYRIC ON HIS CORONATION.

TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR HYDE.[31] PRESENTED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1662.

SATIRE ON THE DUTCH.[32] WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1662.

TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS,[34] ON THE MEMORABLE VICTORY

ANNUS MIRABILIS: THE YEAR OF WONDERS, 1666. AN HISTORICAL POEM.

AN ESSAY UPON SATIRE. BY ME DRYDEN AND THE EARL OF MULGRAVE,[50] 1679.

RELIGIO LAICI; OR, A LAYMAN'S FAITH. AN EPISTLE. THE PREFACE.

THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS: A FUNERAL PINDARIC POEM, SACRED TO THE HAPPY MEMORY OF KING CHARLES II. I.

VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS, PARAPHRASED.

Title: The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol I With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes

Author: John Dryden

Language: English

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EDINBURGH PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, PAUL'S WORK.

THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN.

  With Life, Critical Dissertation, and
  Explanatory Notes

BY THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN.

VOL. I.