Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham. Edmund Waller

TO MR GEORGE SANDYS,[1]. ON HIS TRANSLATION OF SOME PARTS OF THE BIBLE.

       TO THE KING,. UPON HIS MAJESTY'S HAPPY RETURN.

       TO 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.

       TO THE QUEEN, UPON HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY,. AFTER HER HAPPY RECOVERY FROM A DANGEROUS SICKNESS.[1]

       TO MR KILLIGREW,[1]. UPON HIS ALTERING HIS PLAY, 'PANDORA,' FROM A TRAGEDY INTO A COMEDY,. BECAUSE NOT APPROVED ON THE STAGE.

       TO A PERSON OF HONOUR,. UPON HIS INCOMPARABLE, INCOMPREHENSIBLE POEM, ENTITLED, 'THE BRITISH. PRINCES.'[1]

       TO 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]

       TO THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS,. WHEN SHE WAS TAKING LEAVE OF THE COURT AT DOVER.[1]

       TO CHLORIS.

       TO THE KING.

       TO THE DUCHESS,. WHEN HE PRESENTED THIS BOOK TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS.

       TO MR CREECH,. ON HIS TRANSLATION OF 'LUCRETIUS.'[1]

       SONGS.

       STAY, PHOEBUS!

       PEACE, BABBLING MUSE!

       CHLORIS! FAREWELL.

       TO FLAVIA.

       BEHOLD THE BRAND OF BEAUTY TOSS'D!

       WHILE I LISTEN TO THY VOICE.

       GO, LOVELY ROSE!

       SUNG BY MRS KNIGHT TO HER MAJESTY,. ON HER BIRTHDAY.

       SONG.

       PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES.

       PROLOGUE FOR THE LADY-ACTORS.. SPOKEN BEFORE KING CHARLES II.

       PROLOGUE TO THE 'MAID'S TRAGEDY.'[1]

       EPILOGUE TO THE 'MAID'S TRAGEDY.'. SPOKEN BY THE KING.

       ANOTHER EPILOGUE TO THE 'MAID'S TRAGEDY.'. DESIGNED UPON THE FIRST ALTERATION OF THE PLAY, WHEN THE KING ONLY WAS. LEFT ALIVE.

       EPIGRAMS, EPITAPHS, AND FRAGMENTS.

       UNDER A LADY'S PICTURE.

       OF A LADY WHO WRIT IN PRAISE OF MIRA.

       TO ONE MARRIED TO AN OLD MAN.

       AN EPIGRAM ON A PAINTED LADY WITH ILL TEETH.

       EPIGRAM UPON THE GOLDEN MEDAL.[1]

       WRITTEN ON A CARD THAT HER MAJESTY TORE AT OMBRE.

       TO MR GRANVILLE (NOW LORD LANSDOWNE) ,. ON HIS VERSES TO KING JAMES II.

       LONG AND SHORT LIFE.

       TRANSLATED OUT OF SPANISH.

       TRANSLATED OUT OF FRENCH.

       SOME VERSES OF AN IMPERFECT COPY, DESIGNED FOR A FRIEND, ON HIS. TRANSLATION OF OVID'S 'FASTI.'

       ON THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES I., AT CHARING CROSS, IN THE YEAR 1674.

       PRIDE.

       EPITAPH ON SIR GEORGE SPEKE.

       EPITAPH ON COLONEL CHARLES CAVENDISH.[1]

       EPITAPH ON THE LADY SEDLEY.[1]

       EPITAPH,. TO BE WRITTEN UNDER THE LATIN INSCRIPTION UPON THE TOMB OF THE ONLY SON. OF THE LORD ANDOVER.[1]

       EPITAPH UNFINISHED.

       DIVINE POEMS.[1]

       OF DIVINE LOVE.. A POEM IN SIX CANTOS.

       CANTO I.

       CANTO II.

       CANTO III.

       CANTO