THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, NOW FIRST COLLECTED _IN EIGHTEEN VOLUMES._ ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES, HISTORICAL, CRITICAL, AND EXPLANATORY, AND A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, BY WALTER SCOTT, ESQ. * * * * * VOL. XI. LONDON: PRINTED FOR WILLIAM MILLER, ALBEMARLE STREET, BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND CO. EDINBURGH. 1808. CONTENTS OF VOLUME ELEVENTH. PAGE. EPISTLES. Epistle I. To John Hoddeson, 3 II. To Sir Robert Howard, 5 III. To Dr Charleton, 12 IV. To the Lady Castlemain, 18 V. To Mr Lee, 22 VI. To the Earl of Roscommon, 26 VII. To the Duchess of York, 31 VIII. To Mr J. Northleigh, 35 IX. To Sir George Etherege, 38 X. To Mr Southerne, 47 XI. To Henry Higden, Esq. 52 XII. To Mr Congreve, 57 XIII. To Mr Granville, 63 XIV. To Mr Motteux, 67 XV. To Mr John Driden, 71 XVI. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, 84 ELEGIES AND EPITAPHS. Upon the Death of Lord Hastings, 94 To the Memory of Mr Oldham, 99 To the pious Memory of Mrs Anne Killigrew, 105 Upon the Death of the Viscount of Dundee, 115 Eleonora, a panegyrical Poem, to the Memory of the Countess of Abingdon, 117 Dedication to the Earl of Abingdon, 121 On the Death of Amyntas, 139 On the Death of a very young Gentleman, 142 Upon young Mr Rogers of Gloucestershire, 144 On the Death of Mr Purcell, 145 Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore, 150 Mrs Margaret Paston, 151 the Monument of the Marquis of Winchester, 152 Sir Palmer Fairbones' tomb in Westminster Abbey, 155 The Monument of a fair Maiden Lady, 158 Inscription under Milton's Picture, 160 ODES, SONGS, AND LYRICAL PIECES. The Fair Stranger, 163 A Song for St Cecilia's Day, 165 The Tears of Amynta, 171 A Song, 173 The Lady's Song, 175 A Song, 176