p. 405 _On the Death of E. Waller, Esq._ Edmund Waller died at Hall
Barn, 21 October, 1687, and on 26 October was buried in Beaconsfield
churchyard. This elegy of Mrs. Behn’s was first printed in a collection
entitled _Poems to Memory of that Incomparable Poet Edmund Waller,
Esquire_. ‘By Several Hands.’ 1688. The volume (27 pages), contains
poems by Sir John Cotton, Bart.; Sir Tho. Higgons; T. Rymer; Monsieur
St. Evremon (six lines in French, with an English translation by T.
R.); George Granville; Bevill Higgons; A. Behn; an Anonymous Poem; and
’.o Mr. Riley, Drawing Mr. Waller’s Picture’, signed T. R. The letter
accompanying these lines sent by Mrs. Behn to Waller’s daughter-in-law,
will be found in the Memoir (Vol. I, pp. l-li).
p. 407 _A Pindaric Poem._ For the occasion of this Poem _vide_ Vol. I,
p. liii. From stanza 4 it would appear that Dr. Burnet had suggested
to Mrs. Behn that she should write a Pindaric or some similar poem
on William of Orange and his consort. To her credit she refused. The
verses _To Her Sacred Majesty Queen Mary_ are more than ample on such
themes.
INDEX OF FIRST LINES.
A
VOL. PAGE
A Constancy in Love I’ll prise vi 304
A Curse upon that faithless Maid iii 396
A Den where Tygers make the passage good vi 252
A Lady lovely, with a charming Meen vi 261
A Lovers Rage and Jealousie vi 330
A Neighbouring Villa which derives its name vi 237
A Palace that is more uneasy far vi 269
A Pox of the States-man that’s witty i 397; vi 211
A Pox upon this needless Scorn i 188; vi 190
A thousand Martyrs I have made vi 305
After our showing Play of mighty Pains ii 192
After these Debates of Love vi 73
Ah! charming Object of my wishing Thought! vi 19
Ah! Charmion! shroud those killing Eyes iv 386
Ah! cruel Love! when will thy Torments cease? vi 307
Ah! false Amyntas, can that Hour i 273
Ah hapless sex! who bear no charms vi 348
Ah! he who first found out the way vi 25
Ah, Jenny, gen your Eyes do kill ii 253
Ah, Sylvia! if I still pursue vi 198
Ah! what can mean that eager Joy vi 192
Ah! wonder not if I appear vi 46
Alas! and must the Sun decline vi 61
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