X. Epilogue to "All for Love"

XX. Prologue to "Limberham"

XXI. Epilogue to "Mithridates, King of Pontus"

XXII. Prologue to "Oedipus"

XXIII. Epilogue to "Oedipus"

XXIV. Prologue to "Troilus and Cressida"

XXV. Prologue to "Caesar Borgia"

XXVI. Prologue to "Sophonisba"

XXVII. Prologue to "The Royal General"

XXVIII. Prologue to "The University of Oxford," 1681

XXIX. Prologue to his Royal Highness, upon his first appearance
at the Duke's Theatre, after his return from
Scotland, 1682

XXX. Prologue to "The Earl of Essex; or, the Unhappy
Favourite"

XXXI. Epilogue for "The King's House"

XXXII. Prologue to "The Loyal Brother; or, the Persian
Prince".

XXXIII. Prologue to "The King and Queen"

XXXIV. Prologue to the University of Oxford

XXXV. Epilogue

XXXVI. Epilogue spoken at Oxford by Mrs Marshall

XXXVII. Prologue to the University of Oxford

XXXVIII. Prologue to the University of Oxford

XXXIX. Prologue to "Albion and Albanins"

XL. Epilogue to "Albion and Albanius"

XLI. Prologue to "Aviragus and Philicia Revived"

XLII. Prologue to "Don Sebastian"

XLIII. Prologue to "The Prophetess"

XLIV. Prologue to "The Mistakes"

XLV. Prologue to "King Arthur"

XLVI. Prologue to "Albumazar"

XLVII. An Epilogue

XLVIII. Prologue to "The Husband his own Cuckold"

XLIX. Prologue to "The Pilgrim"

L. Epilogue to "The Pilgrim"

TALES FROM CHAUCER.

To her Grace the Duchess of Ormond

Palamon and Arcite; or, the Knight's Tale

The Cock and the Fox; or, the Tale of the Nun's Priest

The Flower and the Leaf; or, the Lady in the Arbour: a Vision

The Wife of Bath, her Tale

The Character of a good Parson

DRYDEN'S POEMS.

EPISTLES.

EPISTLE I.

TO MY HONOURED FRIEND SIR ROBERT HOWARD,[1] ON HIS EXCELLENT POEMS.

As there is music uninform'd by art
In those wild notes, which, with a merry heart,
The birds in unfrequented shades express,
Who, better taught at home, yet please us less:
So in your verse a native sweetness dwells,
Which shames composure, and its art excels.
Singing no more can your soft numbers grace,
Than paint adds charms unto a beauteous face.
Yet as, when mighty rivers gently creep,
Their even cal