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John Dryden

1631—1700
Oil on canvas portrait of 17th century poet John Dryden
John Dryden by John Michael Wright © National Portrait Gallery, London
Poems by John Dryden
  • To My Honor'd Kinsman, John Driden
  • Song: Fair Iris I love and hourly I die
  • Song: Calm was the even, and clear was the sky
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Categories:

  • Renaissance
  • Europe
  • Northern Europe
  • England
  • To My Honor'd Kinsman, John Driden
  • Song: Fair Iris I love and hourly I die
  • Song: Calm was the even, and clear was the sky
  • Song: Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd
  • Song: “You charm'd me not with that fair face”
  • Song from The Indian Emperor
  • A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, 1687
  • The Secular Masque
  • Song: “Why should a foolish marriage vow”
  • Veni, Creator Spiritus
  • To the Pious Memory of the Accomplished Young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew
  • To the Memory of Mr. Oldham
  • To my Dear Friend Mr. Congreve on his Comedy Call'd the Double Dealer
  • Song to a Fair Young Lady Going out of Town in the Spring
  • A Song from the Italian from Limberham: or, the Kind Keeper
  • Marriage a-la-Mode
  • Mac Flecknoe
  • from Troilus and Cressida
  • Absalom and Achitophel

translated

  • The Posture
  • from Georgics, III
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