The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Vol II With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes
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Chapter 1 TO THE MEMORY OF MR OLDHAM.[33]
Chapter 2 No.2
Chapter 3 No.3
Chapter 4 No.4
Chapter 5 No.5
Chapter 6 No.6
Chapter 7 No.7
Chapter 8 No.8
Chapter 9 No.9
Chapter 10 No.10
Chapter 11 No.11
Chapter 12 UPON THE DEATH OF
Chapter 13 ELEONORA
Chapter 14 ON THE DEATH OF AMYNTAS.
Chapter 15 ON THE DEATH OF A VERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN.
Chapter 16 UPON YOUNG MR ROGERS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
Chapter 17 ON THE DEATH OF MR PURCELL.
Chapter 18 EPITAPH ON THE LADY WHITMORE.
Chapter 19 EPITAPH ON SIR PALMES FAIRBONE'S TOMB IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
Chapter 20 UNDER MR MILTON'S PICTURE, BEFORE HIS PARADISE LOST.[38]
Chapter 21 ON THE MONUMENT OF A FAIR MAIDEN LADY[39], WHO DIED AT BATH, AND IS THERE INTERRED.
Chapter 22 EPITAPH ON MRS MARGARET PASTON, OF BURNINGHAM IN NORFOLK.
Chapter 23 THE FAIR STRANGER.[41]
Chapter 24 ON THE YOUNG STATESMEN.
Chapter 25 A SONG FOR ST CECILIA'S DAY,[43]1687.
Chapter 26 THE TEARS OF AMYNTA, FOR THE DEATH OF DAMON.
Chapter 27 THE LADY'S SONG.[44]
Chapter 28 A SONG.
Chapter 29 A SONG. No.29
Chapter 30 RONDELAY.
Chapter 31 A SONG. No.31
Chapter 32 A SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY, GOING OUT OF TOWN IN THE SPRING.
Chapter 33 No.33
Chapter 34 No.34
Chapter 35 SONG IN THE MAIDEN QUEEN.
Chapter 36 No.36
Chapter 37 No.37
Chapter 38 SONG OF THE SEA-FIGHT, IN AMBOYNA.
Chapter 39 INCANTATION IN OEDIPUS.
Chapter 40 No.40
Chapter 41 No.41
Chapter 42 No.42
Chapter 43 No.43
Chapter 44 No.44
Chapter 45 No.45
Chapter 46 MAN SINGS.
Chapter 47 No.47
Chapter 48 No.48
Chapter 49 No.49
Chapter 50 No.50
Chapter 51 SONG OF JEALOUSY, IN LOVE TRIUMPHANT.
Chapter 52 SONG. FAREWELL, FAIR ARMIDA.
Chapter 53 ALEXANDER'S FEAST; OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC.
Chapter 54 THE SECULAR MASQUE.[45]
Chapter 55 PROLOGUE TO THE RIVAL LADIES.
Chapter 56 PROLOGUE TO THE INDIAN QUEEN.
Chapter 57 EPILOGUE TO THE INDIAN QUEEN.
Chapter 58 EPILOGUE TO THE INDIAN EMPEROR,
Chapter 59 PROLOGUE TO SIR MARTIN MARR-ALL.
Chapter 60 PROLOGUE TO THE TEMPEST.
Chapter 61 PROLOGUE TO TYRANNIC LOVE.
Chapter 62 EPILOGUE TO THE WILD GALLANT,
Chapter 63 PROLOGUE.
Chapter 64 EPILOGUE TO THE SECOND PART OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA.
Chapter 65 PROLOGUE TO AMBOYNA.[46]
Chapter 66 EPILOGUE TO AMBOYNA.
Chapter 67 PROLOGUE. No.67
Chapter 68 PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 1674.
Chapter 69 PROLOGUE TO CIRCE, A TRAGIC OPERA;
Chapter 70 EPILOGUE,
Chapter 71 PROLOGUE TO AURENGZEBE.
Chapter 72 EPILOGUE TO THE MAN OF MODE; OR, SIR FOPLING FLUTTER;
Chapter 73 EPILOGUE TO ALL FOR LOVE.
Chapter 74 PROLOGUE TO LIMBERHAM.
Chapter 75 EPILOGUE TO MITHRIDATES, KING OF PONTUS;
Chapter 76 PROLOGUE TO OEDIPUS.
Chapter 77 EPILOGUE TO OEDIPUS.
Chapter 78 PROLOGUE TO TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.
Chapter 79 PROLOGUE TO C SAR BORGIA; [54]
Chapter 80 PROLOGUE TO SOPHONISBA,
Chapter 81 PROLOGUE TO THE LOYAL GENERAL;
Chapter 82 PROLOGUE[57] TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
Chapter 83 PROLOGUE[58] TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS,
Chapter 84 PROLOGUE TO THE EARL OF ESSEX; OR, THE UNHAPPY FAVOURITE;
Chapter 85 EPILOGUE FOR THE KING'S HOUSE. [59]
Chapter 86 PROLOGUE TO THE LOYAL BROTHER; OR, THE PERSIAN PRINCE; [60]
Chapter 87 PROLOGUE TO THE KING AND QUEEN. [63]
Chapter 88 PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,
Chapter 89 EPILOGUE, No.89
Chapter 90 EPILOGUE, No.90
Chapter 91 PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
Chapter 92 PROLOGUE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. No.92
Chapter 93 PROLOGUE TO ALBION AND ALBANIUS.
Chapter 94 EPILOGUE TO ALBION AND ALBANIUS.
Chapter 95 PROLOGUE TO ARVIRGUS AND PHILICIA REVIVED.
Chapter 96 PROLOGUE TO DON SEBASTIAN.
Chapter 97 PROLOGUE TO THE PROPHETESS. [65]
Chapter 98 PROLOGUE TO THE MISTAKES.
Chapter 99 PROLOGUE TO KING ARTHUR.
Chapter 100 PROLOGUE TO ALBUMAZAR. [67]
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Chapter 39 INCANTATION IN OEDIPUS.

TIR. Choose the darkest part o' th' grove,

Such as ghosts at noonday love.

Dig a trench, and dig it nigh

Where the bones of Laius lie;

Altars raised, of turf or stone,

Will th' infernal powers have none,

Answer me, if this be done?

ALL PR. 'Tis done.

TIR. Is the sacrifice made fit?

Draw her backward to the pit:

Draw th

             
            

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