John Dryden
John Dryden1631–170017th century John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romantic writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".
Poems
150 poems- 1635. Second Ship-money Writ.7 lines
- 1639. First Bishops' War.6 lines
- 1641. Execution of Strafford.87 lines
- 1657. Left Cambridge. Attached to Sir Gilbert Pickering.74 lines
- 1673. Assignation, Amboyna.51 lines
- 7. Serpens, serpentem vorans, fit draco. Peccata, peccatis38 lines
- 8. Sulli, the famous composer.30 lines
- A SONG FROM THE ITALIAN.142 lines
- ACT II. SCENE I.143 lines
- ACT III.141 lines
- Alexander's Feast; Or, The Power Of Music141 lines
- Alpha the prayer of Chryses sings:104 lines
- An Essay of Dramatic Poesy7 lines
- And darkness is the burier of the dead.48 lines
- APPENDIX4 lines
- But little learning needs in noble blood.[273]47 lines
- Butler thus describes the Independents:13 lines
- CARDINAL NORFOLK.4 lines
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.13 lines
- COMEDY.5 lines
- DEDICATION.78 lines
- DRAMATIS PERSONAE20 lines
- DRYDEN'S PLACE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.22 lines
- English Literature.57 lines
- EPILOGUE.126 lines
- Farewell, Ungrateful Traitor!24 lines
- Footnotes:34 lines
- FROM THE ELEVENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.56 lines
- FROM THE TENTH BOOK OF OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.111 lines
- Happy The Man8 lines
- How now? what's the matter?54 lines
- I.7 lines
- I.10 lines
- I.35 lines
- I.4 lines
- II.4 lines
- II.42 lines
- III.41 lines
- III.4 lines
- IV.4 lines
- IV.41 lines
- IX.12 lines
- IX.4 lines
- J. D.25 lines
- JOHN DRYDEN.4 lines
- LIMBERHAM.103 lines
- My lodging is on the cold ground.12 lines
- Note I.50 lines
- Note II.57 lines
- Note IV.66 lines
- Note IX.102 lines
- Note V.59 lines
- Note VI.106 lines
- Note VII.60 lines
- Note VIII.114 lines
- Note X.43 lines
- Note XI.43 lines
- Note XII.58 lines
- Note XIII.57 lines
- Note XIV.109 lines
- Note XIX.42 lines
- Note XV.46 lines
- Note XVI.59 lines
- Note XVII.35 lines
- Note XVIII.34 lines
- NOW FIRST COLLECTED7 lines
- OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.112 lines
- P. 120.60 lines
- PAGE76 lines
- PALAMON AND ARCITE97 lines
- PLEBEIANS.50 lines
- POEMS, HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL.25 lines
- POSTSCRIPT.21 lines
- PROLOGUE.52 lines
- REFERENCES FOR FURTHER STUDY19 lines
- Song From Marriage-A-La-Mode16 lines
- Song To A Fair Young Lady Going Out Of Town In The Spring24 lines
- SPOKEN BY LIMBERHAM.31 lines
- Sylvia the Fair33 lines
- TAKEN FROM THE AUTHOR'S MARGINAL NOTES.6 lines
- The Art of Poetry24 lines
- THE DEATH OF AJAX.26 lines
- The expression is originally Virgil's:9 lines
- THE EYES OF ARGUS TRANSFORMED INTO A PEACOCK'S TRAIN.31 lines
- THE GOLDEN AGE.31 lines
- THE IRON AGE.30 lines
- THE MEMORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL.78 lines
- THE SILVER AGE.16 lines
- THE WORKS OF VIRGIL, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH4 lines
- Thick as the galaxy with stars is sown.92 lines
- THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS.69 lines
- Time shall accomplish that; and I shall see130 lines
- To The Memory Of Mr Oldham25 lines
- TRAGEDY.6 lines
- TRANSLATIONS FROM HORACE.4 lines
- TRANSLATIONS FROM JUVENAL.7 lines
- TRANSLATIONS FROM LUCRETIUS.5 lines
- TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID'S EPISTLES.4 lines
- TRANSLATIONS FROM OVID'S METAMORPHOSES.13 lines
- TRANSLATIONS FROM PERSIUS.13 lines
- TRANSLATIONS FROM THEOCRITUS.4 lines
- Trist. Lib. IV. Eleg. 9.64 lines
- Troilus and Cressida was published in 1679.51 lines
- TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.64 lines
- V.4 lines
- V.36 lines
- VI.12 lines
- VI.4 lines
- VII.4 lines
- VII.31 lines
- VIII.41 lines
- VIII.4 lines
- VOL. IX.4 lines
- Vol. VIII. p. 135.51 lines
- VOL. X.5 lines
- VOL. XII.7 lines
- VOL. XIII.5 lines
- VOLUME SIXTH.12 lines
- Was ever yet a sight of so much horror61 lines
- Why Should A Foolish Marriage Vow16 lines
- WITH THE FOLLOWING POEM OF PALAMON AND ARCITE.38 lines
- X.4 lines
- X.35 lines
- XI.19 lines
- XII.18 lines
- XIII.35 lines
- XIV.30 lines
- XIX.4 lines
- XV.17 lines
- XVI.19 lines
- XVII.26 lines
- XVIII.75 lines
- XX.4 lines
- XXI.4 lines
- XXII.4 lines
- XXIII.4 lines
- XXIV.18 lines
- XXIX.6 lines
- XXV.4 lines
- XXVI.4 lines
- XXVII.4 lines
- XXVIII.5 lines
- XXX.4 lines
- XXXI.4 lines
- XXXII.12 lines
- XXXIII.4 lines
- XXXIV.4 lines
- XXXV.4 lines
- XXXVI.5 lines
- XXXVII.29 lines