1649 Upon the death of the Lord Hastings 1
1650 To his friend the Authour[Hoddesdon]，on his divine Epigrams 4
?1653 To Honor Dryden 5
1659 HEROIQUE STANZA＇S，Consecrated to the Glorious Memory of his most Serene and Renowned Highnesse Oliver 6
1660 To my Honored Friend，Sr Robert Howard，On his Excellent Poems 13
ASTR?A REDUX．A Poem On the Happy Restoration and Return Of His Sacred Majesty Charles the Second． 16
1661 TO HIS SACRED MAIESTY，A Panegyrick on his Coronation 24
1662 TO MY LORD CHANCELLOR．Presented on New-years-day 28
1663 To my Honour＇d Friend，Dr Cbarleton，on his learned and useful Works 32
1664 Prologue to THE RIVAL-LADIES 34
1665 Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from THE INDIAN-QUEEN 35
1667 Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from THE INDIANEMPEROUR 38
ANNUS MIRABILIS:THE YEAR OF WONDERS，1666．AN HISTORICAL POEM 42
1668 Prologue and Song from SECRET-LOVE 106
Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from SIR MARTIN MAR-ALL 109
1669 Prologues and Epilogues to THE WILD GALLANT 111
1670 Prologue and Epilogue to THE TEMPEST 116
Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from TYRANNICK LOVE 118
1671 Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from AN EVENING＇S LOVE 122
1672 Prologues，Epilogues and Songs from THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA 128
A Song．＇Farewel，fair Armeda＇ 136
POEMS from COVENT GARDEN DROLERY:Prologue and Epilogue to SECRET-LOVE Spoken by the Women 137
The Prologue to Witt without Money 139
Prologue to Albumazar 140
Prologue to Iulius C?sar 141
1673 Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from MARRIAGE A-LA-MODE 143
Prologue，Epilogue and Song from THE ASSIGNATION 147
Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from AMBOTNA 149
1674 To The Lady Castlemain，Upon Her incouraging his first Play 153
1676 Prologue and Epilogue to AURENG-ZEBE 155
Epilogue to The Man of Mode 157
1677 Prologue to Circe 159
To Mr．Lee，on his Alexander 160
1678 Epilogue to Mitbridates King of Pontus 162
Prologue and Epilogue to ALL FOR LOVE 163
1679 Prologue to A True Widow 165
Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from OEDIPUS 166
Prologue，Epilogue and Song from TROILUS AND CRESSIDA 171
1680 Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from THE KIND KEEPER 173
Prologue to C？sar Borgia 177
Prologue to The Loyal General 178
1681 Prologue and Songs from THE SPANISH FRYAR 179
Epilogue to Tamerlane the Great 182
THE EPILOGUE Spoken to the King at the opening the Play-House at Oxford on．．．March the Nineteenth 1681 183
The Prologue at Oxford，1680 184
Prologue and Epilogue spoken at Mithridates 185
ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL．A POEM 188
1682 Prologue and Epilogue to The Unhappy Favourite 217
Prologue and Epilogue to The Loyal Brother 219
THE MEDALL．A SATYRE AGAINST SEDITION 223
PROLOGUE TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS Upon His first appearance at the Duke＇s Theatre since his Return from Scotland 235
PROLOGUE TO THE DUTCHESS On Her Return from Scotland 236
MAC FLECKNOE 238
THE SECOND PART OF ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL．A POEM 244
RELIGIO LAICI OR A LAYMANS FAITH．A POEM 273
1683 PROLOGUE AND EPILOGUE TO THE KING AND QUEEN 294
Prologue，Epilogues and Song from THE DUKE OF GUISE 297
An Epigram of Agathias 302
The Epilogue to Constantine the Great 303
1684 POEMS from MISCELLANT POEMS By the most Eminent Hands: 305
Prologue，to the University of Oxon．Spoken at the Acting of the Silent Woman．＇What Greece＇，＆c． 305
Epilogue．＇No poor Dutch Peasant＇，＆c． 306
Prologue，to the University of Oxford，1674．＇Poets，your Subjects＇，＆c． 307
Epilogue to Oxford．＇Oft has our Poet wisht＇，＆c． 308
Prologue to the University of Oxford．＇Discord，and Plots＇，＆c． 309
Prologue to the University of Oxford．＇Tho＇Actors cannot＇，＆c． 310
Prologue to Arviragus Reviv＇d 311
Prologue for the Women，when they Acted at the Old Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields 312
A Prologue spoken at the Opening of the New House，Mar．26．1674 313
Epilogue．＇Though what our Prologue said＇，＆c． 314
Prologue and Epilogue to The Princess of Cleves 315
The Tears of Amynta，for the Death of Damon 317
Epilogue intended to have been spoken by the Lady Henr．Mar．Wentworth when Calisto was acted at Court 318
PROLOGUE TO A NEW PLAY，Call＇d，The Disappointment 320
To the Earl of Roscomon，on his Excellent Essay on Translated Verse 322
To the Memory of Mr．Oldham 324
1685 A New Song．＇Sylvia the fair＇ 325
Song．＇Go tell Amynta gentle Swain＇ 326
THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS:A FUNERAL-PINDARIQUE POEM Sacred to the Happy Memory of King Charles Ⅱ 327
Prologue and Epilogue to ALBION AND ALBANIUS 341
To my Friend Mr．J．Northleigh，Author of the Parallel 344
1686 To The Pious Memory Of the Accomplisht Young Lady Mrs Anne Killigrew，Excellent in the two Sister-Arts of Po？sie，and Painting．An Ode 344
1687 To my Ingenious Friend，Mr．Henry Higden，Esq;On his Translation of the Tenth Satyr of Juvenal 350
THE HIND AND THE PANTHER．A POEM，In Three Parts: 352
To The Reader 352
The First Part 355
The Second Part 370
The Third Part 388
A SONG FOR ST CECILIA＇S DAY，1687 422
1688 Lines on Milton 424
BRITANNIA REDIVIVA:A POEM ON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE 425
1689 The Prologue and Epilogue to The History of Bacon in Virginia 435
1690 Prologue and Epilogue to DON SEBASTIAN 437
Prologue to The Prophetess 439
Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from AMPHITRYON 442
1691 Prologue to The Mistakes 447
Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from KING ARTHUR 448
To Sir George Etherege．Mr．D．——Answer 462
1692 To Mr．Southern;On His Comedy，called the Wives Excuse 464
ELEONORA:A PANEGYRICAL POEM Dedicated to the Memory of the Late Countess of Abingdon 466
Prologue，Epilogue and Song from CLEOMENES 479
1693 Epilogue to Henry the Second 482
POEMS from EXAMEN POETICUM:Being the Third Part of Miscellany Poems: 483
Song to a Fair，Young Lady，Going out of the Town in the Spring 483
Prologue to the University of Oxford，1681．＇The fam＇d Italian Muse＇，＆c． 484
Prologue．＇Gallants，a bashful Poet bids me say＇ 484
Veni Creator Spiritus，Translated in Paraphrase 486
Rondelay．＇Chloe found Amyntas lying＇ 487
An Epitaph on the Lady Wbitmore 488
An Epitaph，on Sir Palmes Fairborne＇s Tomb in Westminster-Abby 488
1694 To my Dear Friend Mr．Congreve，On His Comedy，call＇d The Double- Dealer 489
Prologue，Epilogue and Songs from LOVE TRIUMPHANT 491
To Sir Godfrey Kneller 495
1696 AN ODE，on the Death of Mr．Henry Purcell;Late Servant to his Majesty，and Organist of the Chapel Royal 500
Epilogue to The Husband His own Cuckold 501
1697 ALEXANDER＇S FEAST;OR THE POWER OF MUSIQUE．AN ODE In Honour of St．Cecilia＇s Day 504
1698 To Mr．Granville，on his Excellent Tragedy，call＇d Heroick Love 509
To my Friend，the Author[Peter Motteux] 510
1700 FABLES ANCIENT AND MODERN;TRANSLATED INTO VERSE，from Homer，Ovid，Boccace，and Chaucer:with Original Poems 513
The Dedication 515
Preface 520
To Her Grace the Dutchess of Ormond 539
Palamon and Arcite:or，The Knight＇s Tale，from Chaucer．In Three Books．Book Ⅰ 544
Book Ⅱ 559
Book Ⅲ 576
To my Honour＇d Kinsman，John Driden，of Chesterton 605
Meleager and Atalanta，Out of the Eighth Book of Ovid＇s Metamorphosis 611
Sigismonda and Guiscardo，from Boccace 621
Baucis and Philemon，Out of the Eighth Book of Ovid＇s Metamorphoses 641
Pygmalion and the Statue，Out of the Tenth Book of Ovid＇s Metamorphoses 646
Cinyras and Myrrha，Out of the Tenth Book of Ovid＇s Metamorphoses 649
The First Book of Homer＇s Ilias 659
The Cock and the Fox:or，The Tale of the Nun＇s Priest，from Chaucer 681
Theodore and Honoria，from Boccace 702
Ceyx and Alcyone 713
The Flower and the Leaf:or，The Lady in the Arbour．A Vision 726
The Twelfth Book of Ovid His Metamorphoses，Wholly Translated 741
The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses．From Ovid＇s Metamor-phoses Book ⅩⅢ 763
The Wife of Bath Her Tale 778
Of the Pythagorean Philosophy．From Ovid＇s Metamorphoses Book ⅩⅤ 792
1700 The Character of A Good Parson;Imitated from Chaucer，And Inlarg＇d 811
The Monument of A Fair Maiden Lady，Who dy＇d at Bath，and is there Interr＇d 814
Cymon and Iphigenia，from Boccace 815
Prologue，Epilogue，Song and Secular Masque from The Pilgrim 832
1701 The Fair Stranger 839
1704 Lines on Tonson 840
POEMS from POETICAL MISCELLANIES:THE FIFTH PART: 841
On the Death of Amyntas:A Pastoral Elegy 841
On the Death of A Very Young Gentleman 843
The Lady＇s Song 844
Upon Young Mr．Rogers of Glocestershire 845
A Song．＇Fair，sweet and young，receive a Prize＇ 845
Song．＇High State and Honours to others impart＇ 846
Upon the Death of the Viscount Dundee 847
1712 Epitaph on the Monument of the Marquis of Winchester 848
Epitaph on Mrs．Margaret Paston of Barningham in Norfolk 848
1800 Lines to Mrs Creed 849
? Epitaph on Erasmus Lawton 849
1813 On the Marriage of the Fair and Vertuous Lady，Mrs Anastasia Stafford．A Pindarique Ode 850
INDEX OF POEMS 853
INDEX OF FIRST LINES 859