THE POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOHN DRYDEN

EDITED WITH A MEMOIR, REVISED TEXT, AND NOTES

LONDON:

R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,

BREAD STREET HILL.

821

084 1881

TO THE VERY REVEREND

JAMES AMIRAUX JEREMIE, D.D.

DEAN OF LINCOLN,

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,

THIS EDITION OF THE POEMS OF

JOHN DRYDEN

IS INSCRIBED

AS A MARK OF GRATITUDE AND FRIENDSHIP.