Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham
Exploring 17th Century English Poetry and Literary EvolutionBy Edmund Waller, John Sir Denham
Length8h 22m
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In 'Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham,' readers encounter a harmonious blending of themes and styles emblematic of the transitional period between Renaissance exuberance and the emerging order of the Neoclassical era. The collection is a testament to the rich linguistic beauty and formal precision of 17th-century English poetry. Within its covers, one finds a tapestry of pastoral delight, political reflection, and philosophical musings, showcasing the era's intellectual vigor and emotional depth. The anthology includes works that are lauded for their lyrical grace and rhetorical sophistication, capturing the perennial tension between chaos and harmony through both personal introspection and public discourse. The backgrounds of the authors, Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham, provide a fascinating lens through which to view the era's literary culture. Both poets were deeply embedded in the political and social fabric of their time, reflecting the turbulent yet transformative spirit of mid-17th century England. Waller, with his dexterous use of smooth and eloquent verse, and Denham, renowned for his grand topographical poetry, collectively illuminate the dynamic forces of Restoration literary movements. This collection is informed by their parallel journeys, offering a reflection on human nature and societal evolution. This anthology stands out as a unique opportunity to engage with the voices that shaped a crucial moment in literary history. It invites readers into a world of elegant poetics and profound reflections, making it indispensable for students of literature and connoisseurs of poetic form. Through its diverse perspectives, 'Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham' not only enriches the reader'Äôs appreciation of its time period but also serves as a dialogue between two masterful poets whose legacies continue to influence modern literary landscapes.
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GenrePoetry
Length8 hrs 22 mins
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Publish dateDec 2, 2019
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Table of contents
1CONTENTS.
104TO THE MUTABLE FAIR.
2MISCELLANEOUS:—
105TO A LADY, FROM WHOM HE RECEIVED A SILVER PEN.
3EPISTLES:—
106TO CHLORIS.
4PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUE:—
107TO A LADY IN RETIREMENT.
5EPIGRAMS, EPITAPHS, AND FRAGMENTS:—
108TO MR GEORGE SANDYS,[1] ON HIS TRANSLATION OF SOME PARTS OF THE BIBLE.
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6DIVINE POEMS:—
109TO THE KING, UPON HIS MAJESTY'S HAPPY RETURN.
7DENHAM'S POEMS.: POEMS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
110TO A LADY, FROM WHOM HE RECEIVED THE COPY OF THE POEM ENTITLED 'OF A TREE CUT IN PAPER,' WHICH FOR MANY YEARS HAD BEEN LOST.
8THE POETICAL WORKS
111TO THE QUEEN, UPON HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY, AFTER HER HAPPY RECOVERY FROM A DANGEROUS SICKNESS.[1]
9WALLER'S POETICAL WORKS.
112TO MR KILLIGREW,[1] UPON HIS ALTERING HIS PLAY, 'PANDORA,' FROM A TRAGEDY INTO A COMEDY, BECAUSE NOT APPROVED ON THE STAGE.
10OF THE DANGER HIS MAJESTY [BEING PRINCE] ESCAPED IN THE ROAD AT ST ANDERO.[1]
113TO A PERSON OF HONOUR, UPON HIS INCOMPARABLE, INCOMPREHENSIBLE POEM, ENTITLED, 'THE BRITISH PRINCES.'[1]
11OF HIS MAJESTY'S RECEIVING THE NEWS OF THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S
114TO A FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR, A PERSON OF HONOUR, WHO LATELY WRIT A RELIGIOUS BOOK, ENTITLED, 'HISTORICAL APPLICATIONS, AND OCCASIONAL MEDITATIONS, UPON SEVERAL SUBJECTS.'[1]
12ON THE TAKING OF SALLÈ.[1]
115TO THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS, WHEN SHE WAS TAKING LEAVE OF THE COURT AT DOVER.[1]
13UPON HIS MAJESTY'S REPAIRING OF ST PAUL'S.[1]
116TO CHLORIS.
14THE COUNTESS OF CARLISLE IN MOURNING.[1]
117TO THE KING.
15IN ANSWER TO ONE WHO WRIT A LIBEL AGAINST THE COUNTESS OF CARLISLE.
118TO THE DUCHESS, WHEN HE PRESENTED THIS BOOK TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS.
16OF HER CHAMBER.
119TO MR CREECH, ON HIS TRANSLATION OF 'LUCRETIUS.'[1]
17THYRSIS, GALATEA.[1]: THYRSIS.
120SONGS.
18ON MY LADY DOROTHY SIDNEY'S PICTURE.[1]
121STAY, PHOEBUS!
19AT PENSHURST.
122PEACE, BABBLING MUSE!
20OF THE LADY WHO CAN SLEEP WHEN SHE PLEASES.[1]
123CHLORIS! FAREWELL.
21OF THE MISREPORT OF HER BEING PAINTED.
124TO FLAVIA.
22OF HER PASSING THROUGH A CROWD OF PEOPLE.
125BEHOLD THE BRAND OF BEAUTY TOSS'D!
23THE STORY OF PHOEBUS AND DAPHNE,[1] APPLIED.
126WHILE I LISTEN TO THY VOICE.
24ON THE FRIENDSHIP BETWIXT SACCHARISSA AND AMORET.
127GO, LOVELY ROSE!
25AT PENSHURST.[1]
128SUNG BY MRS KNIGHT TO HER MAJESTY, ON HER BIRTHDAY.
26THE BATTLE OF THE SUMMER ISLANDS.[1]
129SONG.
27CANTO II.
130PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES.
28CANTO III.
131PROLOGUE FOR THE LADY-ACTORS. SPOKEN BEFORE KING CHARLES II.
29OF THE QUEEN.
132PROLOGUE TO THE 'MAID'S TRAGEDY.'[1]
30THE APOLOGY OF SLEEP, FOR NOT APPROACHING THE LADY WHO CAN DO ANYTHING BUT SLEEP WHEN SHE PLEASES.
133EPILOGUE TO THE 'MAID'S TRAGEDY.' SPOKEN BY THE KING.
31PUERPERIUM.[1]
134ANOTHER EPILOGUE TO THE 'MAID'S TRAGEDY.' DESIGNED UPON THE FIRST ALTERATION OF THE PLAY, WHEN THE KING ONLY WAS LEFT ALIVE.
32A LA MALADE.
135EPIGRAMS, EPITAPHS, AND FRAGMENTS.
33UPON THE DEATH OF MY LADY RICH.[1]
136UNDER A LADY'S PICTURE.
34OF LOVE.
137OF A LADY WHO WRIT IN PRAISE OF MIRA.
35FOR DRINKING OF HEALTHS.
138TO ONE MARRIED TO AN OLD MAN.
36OF MY LADY ISABELLA, PLAYING ON THE LUTE.
139AN EPIGRAM ON A PAINTED LADY WITH ILL TEETH.
37OF MRS ARDEN.[1]
140EPIGRAM UPON THE GOLDEN MEDAL.[1]
38OF THE MARRIAGE OF THE DWARFS.[1]
141WRITTEN ON A CARD THAT HER MAJESTY TORE AT OMBRE.
39LOVE'S FAREWELL.
142TO MR GRANVILLE (NOW LORD LANSDOWNE), ON HIS VERSES TO KING JAMES II.
40FROM A CHILD.
143LONG AND SHORT LIFE.
41ON A GIRDLE.
144TRANSLATED OUT OF SPANISH.
42THE FALL.
145TRANSLATED OUT OF FRENCH.
43OF SYLVIA.
146SOME VERSES OF AN IMPERFECT COPY, DESIGNED FOR A FRIEND, ON HIS TRANSLATION OF OVID'S 'FASTI.'
44THE BUD.
147ON THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES I., AT CHARING CROSS, IN THE YEAR 1674.
45ON THE DISCOVERY OF A LADY'S PAINTING.
148PRIDE.
46OF LOVING AT FIRST SIGHT.
149EPITAPH ON SIR GEORGE SPEKE.
47THE SELF-BANISHED.
150EPITAPH ON COLONEL CHARLES CAVENDISH.[1]
48A PANEGYRIC TO MY LORD PROTECTOR, OF THE PRESENT GREATNESS, AND JOINT INTEREST, OF HIS HIGHNESS, AND THIS NATION.[1]
151EPITAPH ON THE LADY SEDLEY.[1]
49ON THE HEAD OF A STAG.
152EPITAPH, TO BE WRITTEN UNDER THE LATIN INSCRIPTION UPON THE TOMB OF THE ONLY SON OF THE LORD ANDOVER.[1]
50THE MISER'S SPEECH. IN A MASQUE.
153EPITAPH UNFINISHED.
51CHLORIS AND HYLAS. MADE TO A SARABAND.: CHLORIS.
154DIVINE POEMS.[1]
52IN ANSWER OF SIR JOHN SUCKLING'S VERSES.: CON.
155OF DIVINE LOVE. A POEM IN SIX CANTOS.
53AN APOLOGY FOR HAVING LOVED BEFORE.
156CANTO I.
54THE NIGHT-PIECE; OR, A PICTURE DRAWN IN THE DARK.
157CANTO II.
55ON THE PICTURE OF A FAIR YOUTH, TAKEN AFTER HE WAS DEAD.
158CANTO III.
56ON A BREDE OF DIVERS COLOURS, WOVEN BY FOUR LADIES.
159CANTO IV.
57OF A WAR WITH SPAIN, AND FIGHT AT SEA.[1]
160CANTO V.
58UPON THE DEATH OF THE LORD PROTECTOR.
161CANTO VI.
59ON ST JAMES'S PARK, AS LATELY IMPROVED BY HIS MAJESTY.[1]
162OF THE FEAR OF GOD. IN TWO CANTOS.
60OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, MOTHER TO THE PRINCE OF ORANGE;[1] AND OF HER PORTRAIT, WRITTEN BY THE LATE DUCHESS OF YORK, WHILE SHE LIVED WITH HER.
163CANTO I.
61UPON HER MAJESTY'S NEW BUILDINGS AT SOMERSET HOUSE.[1]
164CANTO II.
62OF A TREE CUT IN PAPER.
165OF DIVINE POESY. TWO CANTOS.
63VERSES TO DR GEORGE ROGERS, ON HIS TAKING THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHYSIC AT PADUA, IN THE YEAR 1664.
166CANTO I.
64INSTRUCTIONS TO A PAINTER, FOR THE DRAWING OF THE POSTURE AND PROGRESS OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES AT SEA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF HIS HIGHNESS-ROYAL; TOGETHER WITH THE BATTLE AND VICTORY OBTAINED OVER THE DUTCH, JUNE 3, 1665.[1]
167CANTO II.
65OF ENGLISH VERSE.
168ON THE PARAPHRASE OF THE LORD'S PRAYER. WRITTEN BY MRS WHARTON.
66THESE VERSES WERE WRIT IN THE TASSO OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS.
169SOME REFLECTIONS OF HIS UPON THE SEVERAL PETITIONS IN THE SAME PRAYER.
67THE TRIPLE COMBAT.[1]
170ON THE FOREGOING DIVINE POEMS.
68UPON OUR LATE LOSS OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.[1]
171END OF WALLER'S POEMS.
69OF THE LADY MARY, PRINCESS OF ORANGE.[1]
172THE POETICAL WORKS
70UPON BEN JONSON.
173LIFE OF SIR JOHN DENHAM.
71ON MR JOHN FLETCHER'S PLAYS.
174DENHAM'S POETICAL WORKS.
72UPON THE EARL OF ROSCOMMON'S TRANSLATION OF HORACE, 'DE ARTE POETICA;' AND OF THE USE OF POETRY.
175POEMS UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.: COOPER'S HILL.
73ON THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH'S EXPEDITION INTO SCOTLAND IN THE SUMMER SOLSTICE.
176THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY.
74OF AN ELEGY MADE BY MRS WHARTON[1] ON THE EARL OF ROCHESTER.
177THE ARGUMENT.
75OF HER MAJESTY, ON NEW-YEAR'S DAY, 1683.
178ON THE EARL OF STRAFFORD'S TRIAL AND DEATH.
76OF TEA, COMMENDED BY HER MAJESTY.
179ON MY LORD CROFT'S AND MY JOURNEY INTO POLAND,
77OF THE INVASION AND DEFEAT OF THE TURKS, IN THE YEAR 1683.[1]
180ON MR THOMAS KILLIGREW'S RETURN FROM VENICE, AND MR WILLIAM MURREY'S FROM SCOTLAND.
78A PRESAGE OF THE RUIN OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE; PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY KING JAMES II. ON HIS BIRTHDAY.
181TO SIR JOHN MENNIS,
79EPISTLES.
182NATURA NATURATA.
80TO THE KING, ON HIS NAVY.
183SARPEDON'S SPEECH TO GLAUCUS, IN THE TWELFTH BOOK OF HOMER.
81THE COUNTRY TO MY LADY CARLISLE.[1]
184FRIENDSHIP AND SINGLE LIFE, AGAINST LOVE AND MARRIAGE.
82TO PHYLLIS.
185ON MR ABRAHAM COWLEY, HIS DEATH, AND BURIAL AMONGST THE ANCIENT POETS.
83TO THE QUEEN-MOTHER OF FRANCE, UPON HER LANDING.[1]
186A SPEECH AGAINST PEACE AT THE CLOSE COMMITTEE.
84TO VANDYCK.[1]
187TO THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS, THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE POETS.
85TO MY LORD OF LEICESTER.[1]
188A WESTERN WONDER.
86TO MRS BRAUGHTON, SERVANT TO SACCHARISSA.
189A SECOND WESTERN WONDER.
87TO MY YOUNG LADY LUCY SIDNEY.[1]
190A SONG.
88TO AMORET.[1]
191ON MR JOHN FLETCHER'S WORKS.
89TO MY LORD OF FALKLAND.[1]
192TO SIR RICHARD FANSHAW, UPON HIS TRANSLATION OF 'PASTOR FIDO.'
90TO MY LORD NORTHUMBERLAND, UPON THE DEATH OF HIS LADY.[1]
193TO THE HON. EDWARD HOWARD, ON 'THE BRITISH PRINCES.'
91TO MY LORD ADMIRAL, OF HIS LATE SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
194AN OCCASIONAL IMITATION OF A MODERN AUTHOR UPON THE GAME OF CHESS.
92TO THE QUEEN, OCCASIONED UPON SIGHT OF HER MAJESTY'S PICTURE.[2]
195THE PASSION OF DIDO FOR AENEAS.: OF PRUDENCE.
93TO AMORET.
196OF JUSTICE.
94TO PHYLLIS.
197THE PROGRESS OF LEARNING.
95TO SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT, UPON HIS TWO FIRST BOOKS OF GONDIBERT.[1] WRITTEN IN FRANCE.
198ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF HENRY LORD HASTINGS, 1650.
96TO MY WORTHY FRIEND, MR WASE, THE TRANSLATOR OF GRATIUS.[1]
199OF OLD AGE.[1]
97TO A FRIEND, ON THE DIFFERENT SUCCESS OF THEIR LOVES.[1]
200CATO, SCIPIO, LÆLIUS. SCIPIO TO CATO.: THE ARGUMENT.
98TO ZELINDA.[1]
201THE FIRST PART.
99TO MY LADY MORTON, ON NEW-YEAR'S DAY,[1] AT THE LOUVRE IN PARIS.
202THE SECOND PART.
100TO A FAIR LADY, PLAYING WITH A SNAKE.
203THE THIRD PART.
101TO HIS WORTHY FRIEND MASTER EVELYN,[1] UPON HIS TRANSLATION OF 'LUCRETIUS.'
204THE FOURTH PART.
102TO HIS WORTHY FRIEND SIR THOMAS HIGGONS,[1] UPON HIS TRANSLATION OF 'THE VENETIAN TRIUMPH.'
205END OF DENHAM'S POETICAL WORKS.
103TO A LADY SINGING A SONG OF HIS COMPOSING.
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